Growing up is a funny thing.
More and more I am finding myself
praising the things I cursed as a kid.
Case in point: our garden.
We had a pretty big garden growing up
and I HATED it.
Working in it in any capacity was pure torture.
Fast forward 15 a few years,
and what is one of my favorite things about our new house?
The garden.
I'm by no means an expert at growing things,
but I'm so grateful for the knowledge I gained
while "slaving away" in my family's garden.
Plus, it's so fun to see Macy and Coleman out there,
picking weeds and getting excited when they discover
different things growing.
This year we planted:
Corn, butternut squash, watermelon, pumpkins,
green beans, cucumbers, and green peppers.
We had major success with our cucumbers, squash and pumpkins.
Our corn grew great, but got attacked by bugs shortly before it was ready to pick.
We grew quite a few green peppers, but they were all pretty small.
Watermelons were a complete bust.
The green beans struggled a little, partially due to our neighbor's
dog repeatedly getting into our garden and digging them up.
Grrr...
Overall, a good first year.
We also had a great crop of raspberries.
(Thank you previous owners for planting the bushes.)
One little bush had these babies growing on it.
At first we thought they just weren't ripe,
but my mom finally tried one and found out they were super sweet!
Very few of them ever make it into the picking bowl.
We have peaches too!
Even though it's a pretty small tree,
we picked two grocery bags full.
Delish!
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