My small garden

This is the second year I will have a small garden. This year, I already have a lot more growing than last and I hope it continues to grow every year.  I have red onions at the top of the box and those have been there for a while.  Not really sure what to expect.  They have gotten much bigger.  I have an heirloom tomato plant over on the right and where it looks as if nothing is growing there are carrots planted there.  I have beets, chard, and lettuce growing in the rest of this space.  In the pots I have chives, mint and basil.  I'm gonna need to get some rosemary.

Here is one of my 2 pots with tomatoes.  There are a couple of different ones going.  This is my first tomato of the season.  I had tomatoes growing last year and they were very generous.  We enjoyed and shared a lot of tomatoes.

I just planted a blackberry tree.  Here it is in all it's glory.  It's all of a foot tall and already giving me tons of flowers and berries coming in place of the flowers.  I'm really looking forward to my son picking and enjoying these.  I also have a fig and pomegranate tree planted.  They are just leaves right now, so I didn't bother taking pictures.

Another picture of the blackberries............

Here are my strawberries forming.

A close up of the chard.

The lettuce is coming in quickly.  By far the fastest and seemingly easiest to have.

These are some of things that are coming in nicely.  I also have kale, cilantro, another container with carrots (rainbow variety) and rainbow chard.  I have cucumbers, pumpkin and I feel like I may be leaving out a thing or two.  I have an almost three year old who likes to move my labels so some of the stuff will be a mystery for a while.  It'll be exciting realizing I'm growing something I forgot about at least.  ;)

I haven't shared a post in a while and I think I have just been busy with spring cleaning, gardening and the new thing I picked up:  quilting.  I love doing things around the house during spring time; the air and the greenery is so uplifting.  I hope all of you are inspired to create your own garden from this post if you don't have one already.  As you can see you can start small and start a small container garden, or an herb garden.  It's very rewarding and nice to know where your food is coming from.  

If you are a gardner or are just starting out like me; please share what you love to grow, or some tips.  I'd love to get some fresh ideas, and any tips to make it easier would be great too.   =)  

Jules