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| At least I can grow tomatoes! I’m as happy as if they were my own babies. |
Ever since moving to Indiana in late January, I prayed that we’d be able to find an acreage early in the spring so I could meet my goals of planting a garden. It had been a few years, with Jack relocating us frequently for internships, that I’d been able to try and grow my own food.
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| Brussel sprouts anyone? |
Now, every time I walk out the back door, I’m reminded God does answer prayers, and sometimes even in the way we hope He will.
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| The onion patch is doing fine! (Nothing–slugs nor rabbits nor deer seem to want to touch them). |
The beginning was slow going. I tilled a few spots in the fenced back yard to try and discourage rabbits and deer from foraging my plants (the deer is questionable) and began to sow.
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| Our carrots-in-a-pot method seems to be working. |
Some of the vegetables have had good luck from seeds, some, not so much. I have made a few trips to the local green house to supplement my garden and after an ongoing battle with slugs, torrential rain and variable temperatures, the plants are doing quite well.
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| Potatoes. |
Well, except the corn. I can’t decide if the plot is too shady, too wet or if I seeded too early. I am a sham of a Cornhusker.
But, I reseeded and we’ll see what comes in the next few weeks. Besides, there are plenty of other plants waiting to bear fruit: Brussels sprouts, iceberg lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, sweet, red and green onions, jack-o-lantern pumpkins, watermelon, cantaloupe, spaghetti squash, butternut squash, cucumbers, beans, peas, parsley, carrots, dill, oregano, basil, potatoes, strawberries, and blueberries.
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| Dill, ready for pickles. |
And that’s not including the apple tree already heavy with fruit or the wild raspberries and blackberries near the horses.
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| The peas are SO sweet. |
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| The beginnings of cabbage. |
