Finally! A garden worth being proud of!
This years garden was the very nicest I've ever had.
I loved just walking out and looking around.
Our past gardens were either in wet or shady spots or both, and didn't produce well.
Or would start to look promising only to be completely devoured by rabbits. :/
Last year was the first at this place. I started out keeping up with it but by about the beginning of August the weeds had the upper hand - and I was discouraged and overwhelmed. For one thing the weeds got the headstart and were so tall by the time my plants had grown enough to weed around. With that and being busy with the farm and it being too big an area for me to keep up with by myself, I figured it'd be easier to just go to the produce auction this year and not plant much. Especially since I expected to feel crumby and really uncomfortable this summer.
But.
I felt tremendously great and in spite of getting the garden in a month late (due to a teenage brother who came to till it and had the tractor loaded again before I could blink.... It waited until Grandpa could come do it right. Their tractor ended up staying here awhile - Grandpa's homemade ramps gave way as he was loading :'-) So, the garden was tilled and re-tilled several times by the time it was all put in. I was given someone's extra seeds so that made up any question about not planting much.
Doretha weeding her watermelons.
I got them mulched later and avoided this problem. :)
The garden is about 23 feet wide. I don't know how long.
Would you look at that!!
MONTY actually took an evening and helped pull weeds!!
If he only knew how much that impresses his wife!
Left to right:
yellow beans, tomatoes, onions, potatoes and
part of the mulched melon/gourd patch on the end.
Helping with the first picking of beans :)
Yes! There he is again! Love it :)
Left to right:
(sweet corn, not in this pic) lettuces, beets, carrots and a patch of 56 tomato plants :)
Doretha's gourd mix
Fall harvest!
The carrots did beautifully, too!
It's always a satisfaction to see the end product preserved.
Continued on Part 3.....
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