Garden Garden Garden

This past weekend Mr. SpiderKate and I watched a segment on the Today show about having a raised garden.  We commented to each other that that would be a good way to do a garden and in fact we already have a place in a backyard that has a sort of raised garden.  That was all it took - we immediately knew what we were going to spend the rest of our day doing.  First we had to go running and then eat lunch (of course), but right after lunch we were off to first Lowe's (didn't have raised garden kit) and then to Home Depot.  So, we buy the raised garden kit from Home Depot along with like 5 bags of garden soil and gardening tools.  We get all this stuff home and then decide that we don't need the raised garden kit and instead are going to see if we can rehab the one already in the backyard that was left by the previous owner.  Well, after some work & elbow grease we had a plot ready to use, but no plants.  

You see, initially we thought that we were going to get the garden ready on Saturday and then do the planting on Sunday.  But apparently we are gluttons for punishment (who knew planting a garden was a lot of work) because we decided to head back out to the nursery and pick up all the herbs/vegetables/fruits.  We ended up with the following: cilantro (2), parsley (2), tomatoes (3), bell pepper plants (3), strawberries (2), basil (1), mint (1), & oregano (1).  Including the rosemary that was already planted in the garden, that makes 16 plants!  Yeah, we don't really even know if all these things can be planted together, but we are going for it and hoping for the best.  We figure that this year will be our "learning year" and by next year we will be pros.