This is Seed Time
This summer the garden has been the outlet for me. And as we come upon August, I am pleased to say our first year garden has not done entirely bad. My 5-year-old son has been my partner in crime for all things garden and chicken related. We built our raised beds together, raked manure into said beds together, planted seeds together, and did our "checking on how the garden is doing" together--just about every day. It is one of my greatest joys to sit and talk with him about these things as we learn together. We started small, only 3 boxes, but the return has been favorable for a first year try. I planted easy things, popular plants that most people find success growing: bush beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, peppers, and cantaloupe--the last of which I am hoping to harvest by the end of the week. Of the assortment planted, beans and cucumbers were by far the most successful. Zucchini squash would have been quite a hit had it not been for the dreaded squash vine bore, and ...