Garden Update

This is our second year of having a raised garden in our back yard. Last year was alright in the spring, but before we could harvest much, summer (and our dog) came and wiped out pretty much everything but the cherry tomatoes. We tried again this year (and started a little earlier since our winter was so mild), and it's taken off! So far I haven't killed anything, and we've really enjoyed the past couple of weeks as we've been able to start harvesting quite a bit of food! We also planted some extra cucumber seeds I had over in the corner by our blackberry bush, so here in a month or so, we're going to have TONS of cucumbers. So if you like cucumbers, tomatoes, or pumpkins, we've got you covered!

The pumpkins are the big feature this year since we didn't actually mean to grow them! I began composting last year, so when I was prepping the garden in February, I went and mixed in all the compost with the soil -- not thinking about the fact that we'd put October's jack-o-lantern in the pile along with everything else. Come March, I realized there were plants growing where I hadn't planted them, and it turns out they were pumpkins! We harvested our first ones this week and have more coming. I'm planning to take seeds from these and plant a couple in July so we'll have some ready for fall. (Though I've read that these may keep that long.)

Not only have I enjoyed keeping a garden, but the kids love going out to check it, especially Carson! They've been learning about plants at school, so he loves telling me all about how they grow as we're out there tending to it.