The Garden

Last year was our very first year of vegetable gardening. Needless to say, I caught the bug.

The garden has doubled in size this year, due in large part to our neighbors that gave us permission to till up their front yard.
Last year the garden was 12 ft by 20 ft. With the addition of our neighbors front yard we added another 12 ft by 30 ft.

Yes, I did get a few strange looks as I bucked and struggled to hang on to the tiller all the while destroying a perfectly good yard.

Here's a list of everything we have planted:
12 tomato plants, 24+ pepper plants/both hot and sweet, 30+ onions, two rows of carrots, two rows of cucumbers, three hills of squash, two rows of peas, a small row of radishes, three different small rows of lettuce, watermelon, cantelope, and ten hills of red potato.

Pictures to come soon.


Why garden? Why grow more food than you can eat?

• Our neighbors are hungry
• We'll can and freeze more produce this year to use during the winter
• I find peace while weeding in my flipflops with dirt between my toes
• It's miraculous to see the process of seeds becoming something. When soil, water, and sun join forces to push life up from the earth, it blows me away every time.