We have been very busy taking care of our garden. Starting at the left of the garden we have six rows of corn. We have a row of carrots. There is one row of peas. Then two rows of leaf lettuce. Then I planted about 20ish tomato plants. Don planted 2 or 3 rows of kidney beans and then 2 rows of peanuts. Then there is a big gap in the middle with nothing planted....YET.
Over on this side we have one row of onions and 4 rows of potatos. You can see Don and Rachel (barely) in the back there planting the grapes. And to the left of them we have two rows of strawberries. We have a few more plants inside waiting to be planted....peppers, watermellon, canteloupe and I think pumpkins. Not sure if you can see the apple trees. They are up to the right of Don. There are five planted...four Fuji and one golden for cross polinating. Don also planted 3 or 4 walnut trees. He keeps very busy around here. Doesn't help that his wife knocked the blades off the mower and one was bent up pretty bad. Had to buy two new blades and while he was mowing it popped off again. OH NO. He has to look under there to see if I bent the shaff (sp). I hope not. 
It takes a lot of work keeping the weeds down but thankfully Don has been doing part of it with the tiller and then the rest we have been doing it by hand or with the hoe. The kids help every now and again but mostly they weed a few plants and run off and play. Or they stick by me and weed a couple here and there and watch me do the rest. WE are working on them though. It is so exciting to see the plants come up. It seems that they sometimes grow overnight. We have eaten the lettuce but are waiting for everything else.
It takes a lot of work keeping the weeds down but thankfully Don has been doing part of it with the tiller and then the rest we have been doing it by hand or with the hoe. The kids help every now and again but mostly they weed a few plants and run off and play. Or they stick by me and weed a couple here and there and watch me do the rest. WE are working on them though. It is so exciting to see the plants come up. It seems that they sometimes grow overnight. We have eaten the lettuce but are waiting for everything else.
4 comments:
That garden looks great! We didn't plant one this year because we weren't sure if our landlord was going to sell the house we're in. Maybe there's still time to get a little something in. I'm excited to see photos of your harvest. Way to go!
wow, that is awesome! I'm jealous of your land and your ability to plant your garden. The deer, rabbits, and/or squirrels would eat anything I planted.
Buffy....well we have tons of deer, rabbits, sqirrels and even bear. The deer have already killed an apple tree and they have started on another one. GRRRRR. Hoping they stay out of the rest of it.
We have some spray that we put on the plants that is all natural that is supposed to smell like humans. Hope that keeps em away. We shall see.
wow... you are amazing!
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