Despite feeling sick today (I have a cold 🤒), I spent a little time in the garden. The fresh air was actually really helpful for me.
Travis helped me plant our herbs in 2-gallon grow bags and add fertilizer to some of the veggies.
We found a local plant store that sells the 2-gallon bags for only $1.29 each! The size is perfect for the herbs and lettuce.
I love our new 2-gallon grow bags for our herbs!
We finally got fertilizer for the plants! 🌿👩🏽🌾
I only had enough energy to garden for about 30 minutes, but it was exactly what I needed! I think I’ll feel a little better tomorrow to work in the garden a bit more.
All we do is spend our spring days at local greenhouses, and I’m perfectly happy with that! 😊🌿
Soon it will be officially summer (next week to be exact! 😲), and I’ll be focusing on maintaining the garden and transplanting some of my plants that I started from seeds.
Also, the season for buying fruit/veggie plant starts is starting to wind down. It’s a good time to catch deals on leftover plants.
Today, I stopped by one of my favorite farm stores and took advantage of a BOGO sale. I bought candy onions, celery, romaine lettuce, Italian parsley, and asparagus (just for fun 😉 because I know this crop won’t be ready this season).
I’m trying to fill in some empty spaces in our garden! 😄
How’s your gardening going so far?
💜 XO
P.S.—here’s what we bought at the beginning of garden season.
A trip to the local greenhouse turned into a math discovery as my five year old excitedly ran over to the flower baskets and exclaimed, “Look, Mommy! Patterns!”
Zaya has been learning about patterns in math, so she was amazed to find beautiful patterns on all of the flower petals.
For our homeschool math, we use Math with Confidence and living math books we check out from the public library.
Zaya’s discovery got the attention of her big brother, and soon they were both checking each flower basket to see how many more patterns they could find.
It brought me so much joy to see the kids make a connection between math and nature. 😊🌻
We usually get our last frost around mid-May, so I was eager to get started on gardening season!
This year, we are being more intential to grow foods we can eat. Travis and I have been learning about urban homesteading for about three years now, so we are excited to put some of what we’ve learned so far to practice! 🥰👩🏽🌾
Can’t forget the pollinators for the vegetable garden! 🌻😊
Last year, I had planned on starting seeds indoors for the 2026 gardening season, but life happened and I didn’t get follow through with that plan.
It’s all good, though, because we ended up buying starts from local garden (small) businesses! Heavy emphasis on the “small business,” as I always love supporting local when I can 😊
To get us started, we bought the following plant starts: green bell pepper, sweet banana peppers, jalapeños, cherry tomatoes, bush greens, carrots, celery, and strawberries.
We’re also growing seeds (some of those seed packets you see in the above photos). And this year, we are growing all of our fruits, herbs, and veggies in grow bags.
The flowers will be grown in the garden bed, as companions for the veggies in the grow bags, or in flower pots.
We live in a small house that comes with a very small garden, and after last year’s (kinda) failed attempt at growing foods, I decided grow bags will be more efficient.
I should also mention I am very thankful our home has a front garden space and a back patio for more growing space. 😊🙏🏽
Grow bags are definitely the way to grow when you’re working with a small space!
