14 hello summer.

Is anyone else experiencing a heat wave the past two days?  Oh my goodness it is HOT out there.  Not that I'm complaining...but since our pool still isn't up and running we aren't enjoying it as much as we could be.  One thing that I am enjoying though in this warmer weather is our garden!  We built a raised bed in our backyard out of bricks this spring, and last week it was finally warm enough to plant things in it.

The garden has two levels, and is kind of shaped like a kidney bean.  We needed something that would fit in the corner of our property line to take the focus off of our neighbors' white fence and the edge of the woods behind it.  The fact that it's raised also helps to prevent our deer and rabbit friends from trampling and/or eating all of it.  The liquid fence deer repellent we spray around it helps with that as well...although it doesn't smell the best!

In the top row I've got 4 different tomato plants, green, red, and banana peppers, basil, parsley, and cilantro. 

 In the bottom row there's zucchini, scallions, carrots, and cucumbers.  I also planted some mint along the edge of the yard, and I'm hoping that it will spread into the woods a bit.

I've kept it all alive for a week so far, which is good for me.  I've been watering like crazy since it has been over 90 degrees the past two days.  Everything is looking healthy and growing in nicely, and we've only had one minor incident with deer snacking.  I even have a few little tomatoes starting to grow.  I'm praying for lots and lots of home grown vegetables this summer!

We've got some other things growing in our yard as well, it's kind of fun to see what everything is as it pops up!  We had no idea what most of the plants would be since we moved into our house this past winter when everything was cut back and covered in snow.

I'll share more pictures once things grow in a bit more.  Hope you're all keeping cool!