This year was our first to have a garden. Nate did most of the work, got it all ready and planted everything. I bought the seeds and helped out when I could. It was fun seeing it grow from tiny little seeds and plants to a pretty nice garden!
Here is our garden in it's early stages...
We had to fence it in due to the millions of rabbits that run all over our yard.
Here's one of our zucchini clubs! You really gotta watch those zucchini, they grow FAST! |
Here is what the garden grew to be....
We got a pretty nice amount of veggies out of it! We've canned or froze zucchini, bell peppers, banana peppers, tomatoes, pickles, and green beans. The corn didn't do too well. We didn't think we were going to get green beans due to birds that kept picking the flowers from the plants before they could grow. We were very wrong!! Green beans grew like crazy!! Some of the biggest green beans I've ever seen!
I also canned about 20 quarts of peaches that I bought at a farmers market. They turned out great! My first real attempt at canning!
We planted some pumpkins, thinking it would be fun for the kids. The plant practically took over the garden, but we only got 2 pumpkins out of it...
The big one weighed, about 30 lbs, and the smaller one was about 18. |
Just a few weeks ago, Nate built us a fire pit out back. We've been so busy that we only used it that night, but I'm sure it will get plenty of use in the summers to come!
I love our yard! Plenty spacious for fun things like gardens and fire pits! We plan to double the size of our garden next year, hopefully with great results!
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