Garden Update

So as most of you know Scott and I decided to put a garden in this year but really not do anything special to the spot. We really needed to bring in some top soil since our dirt is actually clay over in our subdivision. We were running out of time and so we just hurried to put a garden in and see what we got. Well we are pleasantly surprised by how well the garden is doing. As for those who know me really well you know that I HATE gardening. I've figured out why. I'm obsessed with weeds or should I say I'm obsessed to the point that knowing there are weeds out in the garden I have to get them all picked out as soon as possible. So every night I go out to water the garden I have to walk through it and pick the weeds. I despise weeds so much that I'm beginning to think I might have OCD. So here are the pictures of the garden.

Picture of the whole garden spot. Our pumpkin is actually growing over into the other lot.

These are our carrots that are growing very well.

This is our lettcue. Anybody have any idea why it tastes like dirt(and yes I know it's because it came from out of the ground but even after washing it off it still tastes like dirt)? Not enjoying the lettcue out of the garden because of it.

This is Scott's Cherry Tomatoe plant. Growing like mad little tomotes.

So these are the first picked cherry tomatoes. So on July 31st Scott ate the first
tomatoes out of our garden.

This is Scott's big tomatoe plant. He hasn't gotten to pick any tomatoes off of this one yet but he has got a whole bunch. He is going to have tomatoes coming out of his ears by the time they are finished producing.
Here is our corn. It's growing so fast. It's taller than Scott. Can't wait to have fresh corn on the cob. Yummy!!!
This is Scott's peas. He has actually been able to pick a couple out of the garden and eat them. This is his favorite thing out of the garden. I'm glad he is enjoying them.

This is the pumpkin plant. Yes it's tried to take over the garden but Scott and I have trimmed it up 3 times already and we are always pointing the veins into the next lot. Might as well use space that's not being used. :-) We counted the last time we were out there trimming it up and we have 11 pumpkins growing. We are excited to be able to make jack-o-lanterns. I think we will have enough pumpkins though and will be giving them away. Any TAKERS???
This is one of the bigger pumpkins so far. We are hoping that since we trimmed the veins it will put more of its energy into growing BIG pumpkins.

I don't know if you can really tell in this picture but there are actually three pumpkins growing right next to each other. This is our biggest cluster of pumpkins.

Here are my cucumbers. I was completely shocked to go out there and find them this big. One is 8 inches long and the other is 7 inches long. I want to pickle them but it looks like I need to have more in order to do it. So who knows what's going to happen to these two cucumbers. Huh?