So we never had a big garden until we moved to this house. Now we have this huge garden and we have had corn, carrots, peas, green beans, tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, green peppers, strawberries, rasberries, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower and I'm sure I'm forgetting something...
Lessons we have learned - today we learned our lettuce doesn't like 97 degree temps. We have learned the birds really like strawberries and rasberries. We learned we better pick cherry tomatoes before Belle comes over or no one gets any. We learned we aren't going to grow peas, green beans, corn, broccoli or cauliflower again. We learned what Creeping Charlie is.
We also learned a good tiller is well worth the money it cost. That whole day it took to put the chicken wire 12" underground was SO worth it. (no bunnies in our garden!) And that the birds don't like deer netting. And fresh zucchini makes the best zucchini bread. We learned we should plant more carrots because they were spectacular and everyone fought over them at dinner. Best of all, we learned there's nothing like homegrown veggies!
So next year, plan a garden. Start your plants under grow lights in March. Re-pot as needed as they grow. The stronger the plants are, the better off they will be in climates like Minnesota.
Gotta go water the garden !!
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