My "Garden"

I'm so proud of myself. I planted a "garden" today. It's in quotes because it's not a real garden in the true sense of the word. It's actually more of a collection of potted plants in my backyard. But it's a start.

It's tomatoes, eggplant, bell peppers and herbs (basil, thyme and rosemary). Here are a few pictures.

This is something I've always wanted to do but never got up the motivation.

This cute little plant to the left is the eggplant. I really hope this one does well. I've never tried to grow my own eggplant before but it's something I love.

To the right is the bell pepper plant. I love sweet peppers in the summertime. There are so many ways you can use them. My favorite way is to fire roast them on the grill, peel the skin off and serve on a nice platter with fresh mozzarella and crusty bread.

Tomato plants- no home garden in New Jersey is complete without a few of these. Need I say more?

And here are the herbs. Basil, thyme and rosemary.

I find myself buying these three the most often, so I figured I'd try to grow them this year. Hopefully they'll take root! I always wanted a lush and beautiful herb garden, and have tried growing them in the past. But I never before lived in a place that got enough sun.

I also have a small box going where I'm trying to germinate Bibb lettuce seeds.

Keep your fingers crossed for me and my little "garden". I'll share updates as the season progresses. If this works out, even a little, I will probably graduate to actually digging up a square of land in the yard and planting one for real.