[summer garden]

Today it occurred to me that it's time to start thinking about next years garden. Last year we were able to eat a few things out of our garden, but I'll admit that I was a little disappointed with the results. We had salads for a few weeks during the spring, then they started to bolt. We were also able to get a few tomatoes, but that crop got hit by a blight. I had at least five or six varieties, but I only ended up getting a few tomatoes from each plant. My corn was pretty puny, and the raccoons ended up getting into it so I only got a couple ears. My prize pumpkin ended up getting shared with the deer. The only thing I ended up getting any quantity of was the spaghetti squash. Last year we also picked up two small blueberry bushes. They still excite me. This year I am hoping that they will provide us with a little more than a handfull of berries, but I think it takes a couple years for them to become established.

So what am I going to try this year? I'm thinking...
-tomatoes -peppers - winter squash - sunflowers for Casey - lettuce - another blueberry bush or two - cucumbers - beans - melons - carrots - potatoes - flowers - garlic -

I guess from my writing above it sounds like the garden was a failure, but I am looking at last year as conditioning the ground for the garden this year. it was kind of an experimental year to find out what I have to contend with. I am pretty sure that Virgil had a garden there, albeit quite a few years ago. Hopefully now that I have broken the ground and gotten rid of most of the weeds and grass that I had to contend with last year I'll be able to do a little better job at my weeding. I am also Hopeful that the ground this year will be a little less compacted too, so that the roots can get down a little further into the earth for that good ol' nutrition and water.