Newly planted strawberries!

Tea Time

Right now, I am trying to grow my own tea plants.

I love the idea of being able to pick the leaves to make my own green, oolong, or black tea.

The seeds are in a thick shell that need to be weakened, then soaked for a few days and then planted.

They take about 40-60 days to germinate. So after almost 2 months, I will know if it worked or if I need to start over.

They definitely aren't like radishes that germinate within a few days!

Just like the germination process, making the tea will be a process. So if all goes well in the planting, I'll definitely be researching how to pick, steep, and brew the tea leaves.

The First Planting

Spaghetti Squash!

Closer!

Simon dug inside the flower beds about a foot down.

Next my mom and dad helped us amend the soil that we put back inside. We used Gypsum, perlite, planting soil, Gro Mulch, a dash of sand, and dirt that we had removed originally. We did levels of each, mixing the dirt as we went along. It felt like baking a cake,.

Simon supposedly on a five minute break for coffee.... then off to finish the drip sprinkler system.

It's a go!

Dirty Work

Breaking Ground

Simon and Tom built the raise flower beds out of redwood.

And Designed the sprinkler system, with help from Griffith Company!

After a lot of hard work they were able to admire their work....

Especially since it went as planned and worked perfectly!

Thanks guys!