Turnip Greens, Beets, and Radishes, oh my....

This is my turnip patch. They are growing so fast and I have even gotten to use them for a salad, they were good!

These are may radishes and yes, I know I need to thin them out. I got to use these guys for my salad as well. And the kids love them!

These are my beets, the need thinned out too. Boy these guys are slooooooowwwwwwwww coming up and growing.

Squash and Egg Plants

Here are some of my squash, I have about 30 little guys that I have just started and won't be moving outside for a little while. I love squash! Again, mulched with shredded newspaper!

One of the little guys here, this is a straight neck yellow squash..

These are my Eggplants, this is the first year since I was child that I have grown these. I hope they make it. I have 2 green eggplants, I didn't even know there was such a thing. The others are all purple.

My Onions......

My Onions are growing so fast, I love it! I love onions and onion greens.

Here are my older onions, I don't know if you would call them onions, winter onions or just onions for seeds, lol.

My favorite, isn't that a pretty picture!!!! (Thanks Cindy for letting me borrow her camera while she was doing some errands. Mine was stolen a month or so ago.) Look at all my Onion seeds, it is pretty! Everyone needs some of these for there garden, it adds some color!

Tomatoes and Peppers

Here are some of my pepper plants, we mulch with shredded newspaper. After it is wet, it makes a great mat! And stays were you put it, even with out Oklahoma wind! We also like to cage the peppers as well...These guys are growing so fast and so good. We have sweet banana, jalapeno, 4 different colors of bell (yellow, red, green and orange). And, as you can see we planted all of them in 5 gallon pots!

Here are some of my tomatoes. They need to grow a bit more. But, I know by the end of May, first of June, I will be eating some of them! I can't wait!



Here are some I haven't gotten into place yet, more peppers and some tomatoes. I do believe these are couple of Yellow
Boys and Cherokee Purples.

My Peas and Mint.....

My Peas are taken off and finding the fence! They are about a foot tall! I can't wait to eat some, that is if the heat doesn't take that away from me, I should have planted them earlier.

My mint is so pretty and so smelly! But, I love that smell! My kids just run over there and grab a leaf and eat it, we love it.

We love mint so much, I went out and bought 5 new kinds for us to start growing! I will blog more about them later.

LONG PASTED DUE! Update on my garden.....My Seedlings....

These are my little guys. I have Tomatoes and peppers growing. They have been planted for about 3 weeks and are growing so well. I got most of my seeds from Heirloom Vegetables on ebay! Every seed has come up, well, I am still waiting on some pepper seeds to come up, but they are being slow, but they are coming up....They have been a great place to buy seeds and I love them. I will be buying more seeds from them!

These are my Spacemaster Cucumbers, which I can't wait to try!!!!

LOL, aren't my babies cute!

I can't wait to be able to set these guys out and by mid June, I will be getting a lot of Tomatoes, Peppers, and Cucumbers!

Just a quick note on something a 2 year old said.....

My mom brought in some cattails tonight to try, she fixed them up (didn't cook them, but fixed them like a green onion) and she told me (while sitting in the living room) that she had cut up all the cattails. My son who is 2 years old set on the sofa and said,"You cut them Allllllll Off?" It was so cute and sad the way he asked. He thought that my mom had cut real cat tails off, lol. I had to let him know they were really from kitty cats, but from a plant, lol!

By the way, these were very chewy, almost like paper. They had a great taste, but man they were very chewy or tough. Maybe there would be different if they were cooked. I will get back to you on that.

I promise......

that I am still here, we have just had a busy last week.....but, I have a lot of post's planned! I will get to them really soon, hopefully tonight!!!! Thanks for visiting!

Many Uses!!!! Buckets

Okay, here we go....... Buckets!

Store food in them....

Use them as watering containers for animals....

Plant tomatoes and peppers in....

Use it to set on.....

Use it to stand on....

Make a Shower out of it....

Use it as a suitcase.....

Make a potty out of it.....

Animal Cage....

Making Home made wine / beer.....

Okay, there are 10! Now, let me hear how you guys use your buckets! There are hundreds of ways to use a bucket!