Friday, June 15, 2012

My Garden and Yard

This year we finally got a garden in.  Last spring it was so wet and we kept forgetting to borrow the in-laws tiller so we didn't get one in.  The year before that I went on bed rest so the garden went to pot.  I have this thing with not all my seeds coming up in the row.  I don't know if it's because the seeds are old or what.  I've been reading a lot of pioneer books lately and they always talk about big gardens and I just wonder if they ever had the same problem.  The picture below is my row of beans.  I am very proud of this row because every seed actually sprouted!  I bought them this year and all of my other seeds last year.  Do you see my pea row?  What you don't see the peas?  Yes I can't get peas to grow.  My older wiser brother who is a much better gardener told me peas hate the sun.  Oops.  I guess that's why the pea Sariah planted in the shade looks a whole lot better than any of my peas!   I have some cherry tomatoes growing and I'm so excited to eat them!

Our backyard is fairly big and it doesn't have a single tree so we bought and planted one.  I'm very happy that it has not died yet.  I can't wait to see it in the fall.  From the tag I assume the leaves will turn a bright red.








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