Garden Update

I recently found out from one of Cari's friends- who live sin the same neighborhood as we do- that our housing development recommends not planting vegetables in the ground because the lead content in the soil is extremely high. Obviously, we want to eat the vegetables we planted, so guess what I added to my project list?

This morning I went to WalMart and Lowe's to buy potting soil and some plastic storage bins so I could transplant the veggies above ground into the storage bins. I also bought three large flower pots to plant my tomato plants, since I had so much luck with my tomato plant last year in a pot. It grew taller than me! In a pot! So hopefully these grow just as well. It should, since the sun never ever goes away down here.

Because I uprooted my veggies, I know have more room in my yard, so I bought a few different flowers to plant along the walkway for a pop of color.

It was extremely really hot work, but I'm rewarding myself after by taking Bryan for coffee. He won a bet so I owe win one ;) I'll put some picture up of the updated garden when I get the last tomato plant uprooted, I didn't buy enough potting soil. Hopefully, though, this actually increases their chances of survival, since the potting soil has some plant food in it already. I think this soil will be better than the ground soil, anyway. I just hope the plastic containers allow for good drainage. We're in the south, though, so I shouldn't have to worry too much about the soil being really wet. We'll see!