My Garden GREW!

This year I tried my hand at a small garden. I guess I was remembering my grandpa's wonderful, beautiful, yummy garden that he used to always grow. Maybe some day I'll have a garden as nice and big as his, probably when my kids are grown.

I planted Green Beans, Tomatoes, Squash and zucchini. Well, my results are in direct proportion to the amount of time and effort I spent tending to my garden. So far I have picked ONE green bean, three tomatoes, ONE small yellow squash and ZERO zucchinni. I'm sad about the zucchini because I have recently been eating a lot of it and I wanted a whole peck of them. So, part of my problem was I didn't plant my garden until the middle of June and I planted everything from seed except the tomatoes. I have learned from this experience and I am gearing up for next summer. Chad is in the process of builing me a garden spot on the side of our house. He brought in rock last weekend to build the border and hopefully while I'm in Kearney next weekend he will bring in the dirt and fill it up. I'm really excited to have nice soil to plant in. I'll plant a few flowering bushes next to the house and my vegetables closer to the border. I'm learning the value of planning ahead in my maturing age.

I do have some neighbors who planted enough tomatoes to feed the whole town, so I've been picking their tomatoes since mine don't want to turn red. I actually made some home made tomato soup last week with their tomatoes and some home made bread. It was a scrumptious meal. My kids even liked it.