Thankfully we kept fairly detailed notes from the previous year so knew exactly what we wanted to do (and not do!). We made some changes: some new varieties, eliminated some we did last year, rotated the crops, and planted on mounds this year.
Alec said to me the other day, "I really like gardening" I said back to him, "I really like that you like gardening!" He definitely is the green thumb. I am willing and able to help, but the brains behind it all is ALL him (no surprise there!).
We started some seeds inside at the end of April.
Tilling the garden so we can plant! I should also mention, this is a very old tiller that belonged to Alec's grandpa. Alec completely rebuilt it and fixed it up. At one point during the process every single part was disassembled and he cleaned it all up and had to put some new parts on. It works great!
Mike and Allyson were in town for a weekend! It worked out perfect that Mike could help us plant the garden, and Allyson helped watch the children!
Mole problems as always....Josie can't handle that they are tunneling on her turf. We set traps and have caught a few this year already, they are so gross!
In go the beans!
The raised mounds are new this year. We will see how we like it!
Brie didn't want to get her hands in the dirt at all or help with the seeds. But she was willing to carry tomato cages and wear gardening gloves...... She knows to walk on the paths between the mounds too, and would yell at Josie when she wasn't walking in the right place.
This picture was taken right after Alec knocked over the tray of transplants....right after he just got done scolding Brie for getting to close to them :) Thankfully there wasn't many in there and most were ok.
- Corn
- Peas
- Green & yellow beans
- butternut squash
- muskmelon
- cherry tomatoes
- tomatoes
- basil
- cilantro
- parsley
- celery
- bell peppers
- cucumbers
- zucchini
- sunflowers
- rhubarb
- romaine lettuce
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