What would I do without kale?! I want to start growing my own :)

Recently I was sent some pictures from home showing some of the fruits and veggies harvested, plus a cute little visitor who was hanging out on the sweet peas!

This past month yielded kale, celery, sungold tomatoes, strawberries, borage, and sweet peas. After taking pictures of the caterpillar, he was put on the ivy so he wouldn't eat all the goodies!
These pictures make me a tad homesick, but so happy too. I don't mind sharing some of my garden treats with the caterpillars!
What would I do without kale?! I want to start growing my own :)
i planted my first garden this year and it did well and mostly produced squash and cukes. The watermelons were beautiful but not sweet. I am planning my fall garden now. I love gardening. Great garden, Alicia!
I hope to garden next year provided we do not move yet again. I really want to at least plant some sunflowers at the very least and get my daughter involved in gardening. Caterpillars are awesome we have some on our ivy vine out front and I love being able to point them out to our daughter. She is such a nature lover. Thanks for sharing.
That must be the happiest caterpillar ever!!! Like many other kind lifers, I can't wait to have land to plant a veggie garden. Harvest is so magical to me. :)
A beautiful picture. Thanks for sharing!
Hey All,
If you don't have land for a garden, you may have room for some container gardens. Here's a few web sites that could help with this:
http://www.gardenguides.com/685-guide-container-gardening.html
http://containergardening.about.com/od/vegetablesandherbs/a/VegetableContainer101.htm
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/publications/guides/E-545_vegetable_gardening_containers.pdf
http://www.bhg.com/gardening/container/
There's really a great deal that you can do with container gardens, and, it's been said that there's less weeding and less chance of pesticides because you're growing in a specific medium, rather than your back yard which has been sprayed every year to keep the weeds away.
I bought a book about planting plants and veggies in one container and I'm going to try it next year. I had a garden in my back yard last year and it didn't do well so I'm switching to containers next year.
I especially like the lettuce garden in the resuable Whole Foods shopping bag! LOL! Now, that's really recycling!
Good luck everyone!
Very amazing and very impressive. I love kale, never thought about growing it though. Bet it tastes lovely fresh! I do love fresh herbs from our garden. It is very sweet of you not to mind sharing with Mr Caterpillar. I often notice holes in some of the herbs, it's cute!
AS ME AND MY SAY, WHATS THAT FELLER DOING THERE. HES A LITTLE GUY
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