How Does Your Garden Grow?

While most of our backyard is pretty heavily shaded all day long (perfect for us), we do have a small, sunny garden spot on the side of the house. We’ve been enjoying strawberries for the past couple of weeks, and today we decided to add a few more things we like.

Last year at the Sunday market I bought a pint of purple cherry tomatoes from Robinette Farms. Their deliciousness has since become legendary in my mind, and I may have even dreamed about those tomatoes. I was delighted this morning to find that they were selling plants of that variety (black cherry tomato) — I bought two. I also snagged a yellow cherry tomato plant and an Early Girl. I learned this morning that peppermint is a perennial, and I got one of those too. Add these to the basil I picked up from Trader Joe’s a week or so ago, and we have a garden that’s probably just about right for us this year.

I didn’t document Clara’s part in all this, since she was napping when we planted, but she was with me at the market this morning, so our little patch truly can be called a whole-family affair.