Our Garden

 

Before my wife and left on our vacation, we put together a small garden at our new home.  At our old house that we sold a year ago, our garden was composed of 4 garden boxes with dimensions about four feet by three feet.

At our new house, we had the space for a similar arrangement but did not want to invest that much money in materials, especially at our age.

We found some landscaping ties left under the house by the old owners and we attached them down one side of the house in the back yard.  It is about 40-50 feet long and about 2 feet wide, so it is not large enough to plant much.

At one end we have squash and zucchini, the cucumbers, tomatoes, and green peppers.

I built the makeshift planting box and poured in the garden soil and my wife did all the planting.  Over the years, I have learned not to say anything negative about her planting style but she likes to plant stuff too close together.  As they grow, there is simply not going to be enough room.

I think this is especially true for the tomato plants, but I said nothing.  However, I think all the other plants were spaced properly for good growth, but what do I know.  We will just have to see how it goes.

My interest with the garden is eating fresh squash and zucchini - cooking them in the frying pan with onions - or perhaps dicing them to put in a soup.

Whether or not we continue to do this each summer will depend on how much out bodies can take of bending over and lifting.  We may soon find ourselves buying our summer veges from a farmer's market.