Is that a Watermelon in your flower bed or are you just happy to see me?

My yard doesn't get a lot of full sun. I struggle every season because I want every beautiful flowering plant, but I know I don't have enough sunny places to plant them all. And this year, it's even worse because I really wanted to plant a garden.

I had dreams of this beautiful little plot of soil in my backyard with squash, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, onions, cucumbers, maybe a few sunflowers, and every herb I could dream up. But then spring came, and reality set in... 1) I kill just about everything I attempt to grow. 2) my entire backyard is shaded, as well as most of the front and sides.

I was very optimistic though. I even started some seeds in a little plastic greenhouse in the kitchen. Of course, I killed all but one of those.

Needless to say, I have not yet given up. I will grow my own vegetables this year! I will have something to eat that I grew myself!

So I did what I had to do. I planted my veggies in the front flower beds. Not, like, smack in the front. But on the side/corner, in the sunniest place I could find. And I put a tomato in a pot. And a small little herb garden in the tiniest patch of ground beside our side steps.

So yes, that is a Watermelon in my flowerbeds, Justin. Deal with it. :) My patio tomato.

Lettuce.

Peppers.

Squash.

Honeysuckle. Not going to eat this... just wanted proof that something I planted last year did manage to survive. Even though, at the end of last summer it was a little moldy and close to death. Look how pretty it is now!