One of the great things about the summer is being able to grow plants and this year marks my first attempt at gardening! When I try something new, I like to go all out...so instead of just trying to plant a few small plants, I am currently growing 2 beefy boy tomato plants, 2 grape tomato plants, 2 pepper plants, and 1 cucumber, plus basil, mint and cilantro. One of the tomato plants is growing in a hanging topsy-turvy planter and the rest are in pots on our porch. It gets a good amount of sun, so they have been growing well so far. Take a look!
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The first of my grape tomatoes, just starting to ripen.
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My pot with a tomato plant and 2 pepper plants. Hopefully the tomato plant won't get so big that it blocks all of the peppers' sun.
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The cucumber plant, which has grown over the side of the pot and it taking over the porch.