How Does My Garden Grow?

I am a picky eater. Very.picky.eater. I don't eat many vegetables, unless French fries count. In the past few years my taste buds have been growing up and I am eating a few more veggies than I did before.

Another thing that has recently changed is my friends who garden. Sandra is always keeping me updated with their process. Mere and Paul had LilE plant some seeds last year. And my friend Jen shared her home grown goods with us last year.

For the last month or so, Sandra has been talking about preparing her garden to get ready to plant. She has done all kinds of research. Well, her talk about it got me in the mood. On a Tuesday night I told Daddy I wanted to plant a garden this year. We made a few calls to figure out what we needed to do to prepare the ground. And found out that it wasn't too late in the season. I have no idea what I am doing. But it seemed like as good of a time as any to get my feet wet. It is also a good lesson for LilE in how God provides for us, but we must wait patiently.

Before

Marking off the sweet spot (LilE's marked off spot on the left of mine)

Good friends Larry and Paul helping to prep the land

Watering

All things planted-squash, zucchini, bell peppers, onion, tomatoes, and strawberries

The big area is about 6x6 and the two smaller areas with the squash are 2x2 each. We get excited to go outside and check it every day to see if it needs water (and to praise God for the rain he has sent our way), look for weeds to pull, and to see how much it has grown in just one short week. Hopefully we will have some great veggies to show you in the coming months!