Spring is here again! And with Spring comes Spring Planting! Matt built two large planter boxes last year and we had a fairly successful garden, though we had no idea how much space pumpkin would take up (up out of the box, circling around the back yard... don't think we'll be doing that again).

This year we've got a few newcomers to our garden line up. Here's what you'll see in the pictures below: In one box we've got yellow onions and three rows of beets. In the larger planter box we've got an eggplant; mexibell peppers; jalapeño peppers; several varieties of basil; and cherry, early girl, and lemon boy heirloom tomatoes.

In the back of our yard we have our little pride and joy, a Chicago-hardy fig tree surrounded by chives. He's just a baby fig, about 2 feet tall, but should grow 3-5 feet this year. We also have a couple baby blueberry bushes, and a few rosemary bushes lining the back fence. On just the other side of the fence, we also have "Mint Hill," primarily made up of mountain mint, but also a little Kentucky Colonel spearmint.

This year we also discovered one of the downsides to making your own compost! We had a so many tomatoes from last year (even after doorbell-ditching several bags full) that many went bad. So we composted those. We also had a pumpkin we never got around to using, so we composted it. Well, this year we have tomato and pumpkin plants sprouting everywhere!!! So next year, we'll probably spread the compost earlier and turn it over a few times before using.