We Love Our Garden!

Our garden is doing great this year!!  Hooray!  I am so glad we took the time to lay down the landscape material, because it has helped immensely with the weeds….seriously.  I highly recommend it to anyone!  David has really helped out with the garden this year, because as I really can’t bend over well.  He definitely has a green thumb. 

We may have mentioned it before, but the dirt in the “bottoms” (the area we live – named partly for the income level here but originally for the relation to the river") is AMAZING.  Many people around here choose to do raised beds, but I tell ya, the dirt the earth gave us is totally awesome.  The plot that has tomatoes and peppers is in that dirt.  The builders used fill dirt in the other parts of our yard, but things still grow well there.  Living in a previous flood plain has its benefits…wow, I still can’t believe how the plants have grown.  We have the first little tomatoes forming and it makes us practically giddy to think of the amazing tomato sandwiches we’ll be eating soon!

This was around the 6th of June:

This morning:

Zucchini, Cucumbers

 Tomatoes

  Sage, Kiwi Vine, Tomatoes, Strawberry, Basil, Fig tree, Peppers etc

Cayenne Peppers (not red yet)

I think Harry dropped a pea seed in the grass!

  Red Cabbage

Squash, Corn, Peach Tree

 Corn, Raspberry Bushes

  All kinds of squash, Pumpkins, Watermelon, CucumbersFigs    Lil beauties

 Basil

We also have another section with Swiss chard, lettuce and peas.

We are going to have a lot of vegetables, I think.  I think canning and freezing will be in order come the end of summer!