Mr. Pendleton, I presume?

This is just a test to see if my mobile blogging settings are enabled.

We’ve had some beautiful days this summer. It totally makes up for last year where it rained nearly every day (although the mushrooms were excellent last year). I thought I’d show off some of my flowers.

These ones grew from seeds that were left behind last year

These were teeny tea roses that grow on the side of the house

These roses grow on their own all around our property

These violas are my fave!

Not sure what these are, but they grow on their own each year

Wild columbine growing out front

Kelly transplanting

That’s me!

My husband and I rent a house on about a half acre-sized bit of land. It gets lots of sunlight in the summer and this year we finally got it together and built some garden boxes. We used the knowledge from www.squarefootgardening.org and in May built three square foot gardens. I couldn’t afford vermiculite, so I used a mixture of top soil, peat moss and horse compost.

I planted beets, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, chives, basil, radicchio, radish, lettuce, mesclun, cilantro, kale and Swiss chard. Not everything was successful, but the things that are growing are starting to be edible. I made a small salad this evening.

Here are some photos of my first garden:

My biggest cauliflower

Little lettuces

Radishes have grown the best so far

My tiny salad!

Broccoli just starting

This is how the fanciest yarn store looks from my point of view:

Blended mojito at Cuba Restaurant