Oh, how history repeats itself

Garden Layout

One thing I’m not real well versed in is taking pictures – maybe I’ll get better as time goes by.
For someone with a personality like mine, gardening can sure make you learn how not to be so uptight.  When we were planting on Sunday, I was taking a measuring tape to make sure everything was [...]

Tomatoes

Funny story about tomato plants.  We had intended to get 2 cherry, 2 beef eaters and 2 romas.  Then, the MR piped up and thought that maybe we should get a couple more to make sure we had enough for sauces.  Ok, great.
I went to the store today to get said plants, only they didn’t [...]

From whence we came

Growing up in Montana (the picture at the top of the blog is what I got to see every morning out the back door) kind of makes it easy to love being outside.  But, as in most areas of my life, I did it my way. 
Excercise to me was in the form of yard work [...]

It was done.

I can’t bend over without grimacing in pain.  Who knew that 10 years of inactivity would throw my legs into “freak out” mode simply by spending the day bent over planting seeds?  Yeesh.
The plot ended up being 32×60.  1900 sq. foot garden.  I hope it’s enough!
I had planted 3 rows of corn right away a [...]

The beginning

We began the process on Mother’s Day weekend.  Hoping to be “ahead” of last year (I planted a week after Memorial Day).  This was a 2 day process.  We wanted to expand last year’s plot, but we were up against a lot of uneven ground.
We tilled one way, then the next, and did it again.  [...]

Purpose

Why on earth would I put in a garden with so many other irons in the fire?
Uh – momentary insanity?
No. 
Times are tough, let’s face it.  When you have to use $20 worth of gas just to get groceries, you really have to think about what you’re doing and make necessary changes.  We are in full [...]