For the first time in our 12+ years of marriage we have our own spot for a garden. (Well, unless you count the time we had a tiny plot in a community garden in Reno, and the animals ate all our produce...) Chris and I were very excited to start this project, even if it meant digging up a large plot of crab grass and spending over 300 dollars on fill dirt. I am not sure we really knew what we were getting into, it took us over 4 hours to empty out the trailer of 10 cubic yards of mulch, and it didn't help that we picked the windiest day in history to get it. We kept telling the kids that we didn't care what we got out of this garden, we are doing it to teach them how to work! Hopefully it works.
We planted lots of zuchini, squash, peppers, onions and cucumbers. We have over 20 tomato plants in planter boxes around our house since there wasn't room left in the main plot. I think next year Chris wants to dig up the rest of the nasty crab grass and plant the whole yard into a garden. Ha ha just kidding- I think. I am glad I married a man who loves this kind of stuff, because as exciting as it is to watch the plants grow- to me the fun part is the harvest. I get to can and freeze it all in the fall, yay me.
Hopefully it all comes together, because right now our yard is a mess. It would help if Chris had the time to fix the lawn mower, or go buy a weed wacker. Or even come home for dinner! Poor guy has been out of town for work, or doing church stuff lately. The kids aren't sure who their father is anymore! Hopefully things slow down soon...ha!
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