How does your garden grow?

We've been doing a lot of yard work these days. My main focus has been in the garden spot -prepping the soil, weeding and getting our plants in the ground. We had the spot all raked out and looking great and then some small creature walked right down the middle. See if you can figure out who the culprit is...




Yep, you guessed Brockston had to be the first to walk through the freshly plowed dirt. On a side note we did have a deer come through our garden. I didn't get a picture of his hoof prints. We're pretty sure he spent the night under our deck because the grass/weeds were smashed down. Also we found some droppings along the side of our house.

This is our first "real" attempt at a garden at our house. Last year we planted tomatoes, peppers, and zucchini but we didn't get it planted until the middle of June, we didn't plow at all and it just didn't get the care it needed. The tomatoes had blossom end rot - a big black spot on the bottom of the fruit. I'm determined that this year will be different! We planted much earlier. We've got a much wider variety of plants. We mixed in some garden soil with our regular dirt. And hopefully with a little help of some Green Hill Fertilizer (I had to through that in there - it's a brand of fertilizer that my grandpa started that we sell at the family farm supply store) we'll be enjoying the fruits of our labor in no time!

The tomatillos already have blossoms!

itty bitty raspberries!

zucchini

a row of carrots - pretend it's a straight row!

Here's the whole thing in all its glory! Just don't look too close or you'll see all the weeds!

We've planted peas, bell peppers (green, yellow, orange and chocolate), jalapenos, watermelon, carrots, tomatoes (3 different varieties - Roma, Big Boy, and Beefsteak), tomatillos, zucchini, crook neck squash, green onion, cilantro and raspberries. Let's hope it all grows!