Gardening 101

Here's one way to get some exercise!

Time to start the garden again. I put this garden in last year and had a good crop. I have spent several days getting the dirt tilled for planting. I am thankful for some warm yet windy days to get this accomplished.

I am also thankful for my work horse!

The pic below shows you the size of my garden: 16 ft. x 24 ft. I plan to put in turnip & greens, radish, carrots, onions (3 varities), zucchini, Romaine lettace, swiss chard, green beans, lima beans, spinach, yellow squash, tomatos, and some herbs. Ambitious, I know! Those are sacks of manure to help the garden grow better.

My garden last year produced lots of green beans and tomatos which I froze and we have eaten most of the year. There's nothing like home grown produce! My yellow squash and zucchini did very poorly - the squash bugs got them - ugh! I am going to plant marigolds all around the garden in hope of keeping those bugs OUT! I understand that the smell of these flowers keeps them away - we'll see!

I planned on planting seeds today, but too chilly and windy. Hopefully tomorrow if it is not to cold or rainy. I must get the early growing plants in soon.

I talked to our grandson, Grant, on the telephone today. He asked me if I was going to have a garden. I told him yes, I was. He blessed my day when he said, Yippee, neenee is going to have a garden. Of course he and Za want to help me plant it! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh the joys of grandchildren. All the grandchildren enjoyed the garden last spring, especially the pumpkin patch in the fall.