We spent the weekend creating a vegetable garden. The better-half turned over the plot with a shovel and then he used our mini tiller to break up the soil. I was in charge of root extraction, manure tossing and planting. For some reason I tend to end up on my knees wailing away at roots with a hatchet way too often. I am woman hear me roar.
The little tiller performed really well considering we made it do way more work than it was designed to do. We’ll probably have to upgrade at some point. We received the tiller as a wedding gift and I was so excited to get it. We’ve probably used it more in the last 3 days than we have in the last couple of years. 20 minutes in a flower bed once a year is nothing compared to hours in a 25X25 garden plot.
What does our garden grow? I’m glad you asked. Tomatoes, bell peppers, hot peppers, eggplant, zucchini, cucumber, watermelon, pumpkin, corn and sunflowers. We’re also trying carrots and radishes this late in the season. I’m skeptical. The better-half is hopeful.
I tried starting some herbs from seeds earlier this year and 1/2 of the plants look like crap so I bought some actual plants and put them in larger pots. The eating at F&G should be great come late summer.
In other yard news, the pool guy came out this morning to do one last check on the site before they start work tomorrow. He said he’d be at the house at 7:30 and the better-half said he was there on the nose. The better-half has promised to take pictures.
That sounds awesome! And that’s a pretty big garden.
We have similar veggies in our garden, but we started lettuce, sugar snap peas and red onions last month. No eggplant or cucumbers for us this year though.
I’m looking forward to the pictures.