Once again we have expanded our garden this year. More room for veggies was the goal. We also plant some foods and herbs intermixed with our flowers and bushes though. Last summer we were expecting a baby mid-summer so we didn't do too much. We stuck with tomatoes, cauliflower, peppers, greens/kale, and various herbs. This year we are adding eggplant, peas, bush beans, cucumber, cabbage, and more greens/kale. We also have added a huge garden at my parents house. We have a huge plot to add pole beans, carrots, beets, melons, squashes to the overflow herbs, tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers, bush beans, and greens.

I am thinking about doing a rainwater collection system combined with a soaker hose setup to water the veggies. I have been looking online and some of DIY systems look pretty cool. I really should get on this before the summer drought gets going.