Our First Garden in California

Since we moved a few weeks ago, we now have our own private patio. It's a pretty big area, too, and we realized that it gets enough direct sunlight that it would be perfect for a garden. So what did we do? We planted a garden last week. We've got peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, strawberries, cilantro, basil, green onions, and parsley. Over the last week, we had quite the heat wave. Temperatures exceeded 100 degrees. It wasn't exactly the best weather to be outside, or inside if you didn't have A/C. But the plants sure loved it. When we planted the tomatoes last week, only one of the plants was (barely) above the first horizontal wire in the tomato cage. Now, all of them are almost up to the second wire. I guess the heat was good for them. We love our garden! And what is especially nice is that we have our own hose. That sure makes watering a lot easier (we used to use a watering can -- took a lot longer).

Our Garden - One Week Ago
Click on the pictures to see the difference a week will make

Our Garden - Today