Emboldened by the success of the herb garden, we upgraded to some vegetables. Our crook-neck squash plants are growing like crazy, and we're hoping the newly planted beans (bushy italian long beans and wax beans, no trellis required) will do the same.
We rounded out the garden beds on that side of the yard with some basil, oregano, and epazote. Between the four beds and the potato bucket, we now have a pretty respectable victory garden taking up half of our front yard.
As of this posting, Ariana is on her way back into town with a some marjoram, tarragon, and carrot starts to finish the last bed. Once those are planted, our little vegetable garden will be complete. With a little luck (and regular watering in the evening) we will be enjoying a nice little crop of potatoes, beans, squash, and carrots later this year.
But with all these hearty vegetables, we got to thinking. What about fruit? To remedy this terrible problem, Sarah and I planted an dwarf naval orange tree this afternoon. It will be awhile yet before we see any fruit, but the orange blossoms should attract plenty of bees and other pollinating insects to keep everything happy.
