Outnumbered: Time To Garden!

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Time To Garden!


So we decided to try our luck with a garden this year.  Pat and Dan and Sean (Dave's brother) came into town and we worked all day on it.  We planted 25 tomato plants (roma, cherry, and better boys), onions, carrots, broccoli, peas, romaine lettuce, and watermelon!  Dave learned how to use a "tiller" and I learned that children get really tired of gardening after like 6 hours!  They are very excited to reap the rewards though.  We live in a very wooded area so we hope we can keep the rabbits and ground hogs away.  I'll keep you posted on the progress.  I'm excited to have canned tomatoes in the winter. 
We didn't have a pitch fork, but thought the shovel worked well!


5 comments:

Letty said...

How awesome!!! You will Love it I'm sure!
As for the critters...there is a spray called "liquid Fence" it stinks really bad at first, but when it dries you can't smell it. You spray it on the plants and perimeter and it trains them to stay away. It is completely organic and non-toxic. :0)
I believe it is made from putrefied egg solids or something like that.
WE have bunny infestations out here and it keeps them a bay.
It looks beautiful! My kids love the garden too.

Andrae said...

Oh I love gardens!!! I am so jealous...we won't be able to have a garden until we are in our very own home...pull some weeds for me :)

Traci said...

Wow! Look at the size of your garden! Keep us posted on it for sure! I got one tomato plan, but need to get more. I tried to do a small garden last year, but wasn't very successful and the tykes like to remind me of that. So I am going got grow my tomatoes in pots like I did years ago and they worked!! Wish me luck!

Kelli said...

It must be time to plant a garden because I just posted a picture on my blog also with Ally planting lettuce with my father!! How ironic!! Hope your gardent turns out wonderful. My kids love doing work in the garden!!

Lauren Howell said...

Your garden looks like a beauty! Good Harvesting! We miss you guys! Let's try to plan something so that we can get together. Maybe this summer or fall?