Our Garden

We finally got our garden put in this week (after being here 2 years.) Jonathan spent several days digging out grass and dirt to lay the blocks mostly flat and straight. The kids had fun helping to mix all the dirt stuff together, and they also helped me plant. Ryan was quite upset because I wouldn't let him get as involved as he wanted to. When I gave him a couple of bean seeds to put in the ground he put them in his mouth instead. It's a good use of our side yard, which otherwise is not used by us at all, and it's a perfect spot because it gets lots of sun all day long. It's about 5' X 15' and ended up being more planting space than I expected. We have planted a couple of tomato, a pepper, a couple cucumber, lettuce, strawberries, and a small variety of pumpkin. Seeds that were planted (and therefore can't be seen yet,) are carrots, radishes, beans, peas, and a small variety of cantaloupe and watermelon. Doing it a first time here I'm curious to see how it all turns out, especially since we got it in kind of late. Jonathan is quite proud of his work, as he should be. It should last us well for a long time.