Part 1
The Garden Adventures
Wow, how time flies! I meant to post all lot more often, but
maybe I had to mean it more. I am slowly learning to manage my time and
self motivate myself.
This year, my
family chose, tilled, and planted a new garden spot. Last year we took a
break from the garden, but I still planted some tomatoes, herbs, and
Marigolds in our flowerbed. Our old garden spot was a corner of one of
our fields and Dad was planting our fields to Alfalfa Hay, so he just
drove the tractor and seed drills through the garden spot.
Our old garden never really produced well except for the
cucumbers, pumpkins, beets, carrots, and weeds. The corn was absolutely
pitiful and the potato plants were eaten away by potato bugs and
grasshoppers.
Enough about the old and
bring on the new! First Dad, Mom, and I chose the spot, then Dad used
the skid-steer to remove some old straw bales and light posts, and
scraped the sod off. Then we cut down the bur plants, dumped a load of
manure, and tilled it up.
Two days
later, Mom, Aaron, Camron, and I planted pumpkins, Butternut squash,
tomatoes, Spaghetti squash, beets, carrots, green onions, green and
yellow beans, peas, corn, potatoes, cucumbers, and Sunflowers.
We had
also planted Marigolds in pots to put around the garden to keep the bugs
away. Then we planted dill, regular parsley and Italian parsley, basil,
a pepper plant, Marigolds, Petunias, and Pansies in the flowerbed.
Well, I think I will call it good for Part 1, and hopefully I can post Part 2 sooner than later.
K. Hepburn
