The lasagna's cooking!

I promised photos of my tiny lasagna garden, so here is one -- the summer squash in the back now has one little squash on it, and you can see the hot banana peppers that my DBF has been laying claim to.

It is a very small garden, and it's had hits and misses. The lettuce was slow to get going and I am afraid that the Mississippi June sun is going to roast it. I wish I had put out some pink eye purple hull peas. No cukes on the cucumber plants yet, but I have high hopes - the plants have lots of yellow flowers. Honestly, I think I would plant squash and cucumbers even without getting veggies in the bargain -- they are pretty with their tropical-looking leaves and yellow-to-orange blooms. There's also a few zinnias thrown in -- some of them given away as seeds from our alderman-at-large during election season.

I want to widen the garden next year and put a few more plants in. I would say I'd add tomatoes but I am thinking about getting one of those topsy-turvy tomato hangers next year. Maybe I can add some turnips for fall and winter. I've never grown those, but I did have good luck with broccoli and onions one winter in northeast Mississippi.

I've been enjoying watching the progress in the tiny garden this summer, and my 11-year-old is quite impressed that "everything's sprouting!" Now if I can just get him to eat the veggies those plants produce ...