It has been barely 3 weeks since we first [reported] plucking the first vegetable from our raised bed garden. Since then, our garden has just exploded!
We are pretty pleased so far with the raised bed experiment. After the building the frame and planting and building the bamboo trellis, we have put in practically zero work outside of watering.
All the tomatoes plants are bearing fruit. The birds and Gabe are eating the cherry tomatoes about as fast as they are turning ripe. We have 3 varieties of big tomatoes on the vine that are just now starting to turn color.
The herbs we planted are all thriving, the lovely wife recently used basil, thyme, oregano, and parsley from the garden in [a perfect summer dinner].
We have a japanese cucumber that has started to take off:
And another garden variety cucumber plant that has turned into a spreading monster: