We had a small vegetable garden a few years ago, then last year we decided to try to do it right. In the above picture, my husband had to install the irrigation first so he could water for several days to soften the hard packed dirt. We improvised with this tool to turn the dirt over. I drove the truck, while hubby hung on to the tool. It was both fun and scary as I had to drive and listen to him tell me to stop, and hopefully not have the tool run into the pipes. You get the picture, wife driving, husband yelling.....
We started late, around July 1, I believe, but hubby was not to be deterred and put most of the seeds he bought into the ground. I knew it was too late for some, but let it be. A while later, the short fence was bent and there were huge bear tracks and small bear tracks all over one end of the garden. Not much damage done anywhere else.
Hubby decided a bigger fence was needed and one fun day we drove all over the land and picked up posts and fencing material left behind by previous owners. Oh, there's so much stuff left behind here and we were so happy some of it could be of use. I think we saved an estimated $300.00 that day.
He, who does not know how to pace himself, put the new fence up in one day. And after that, and after we killed a couple of gophers, only birds and bees entered our garden. And it began to grow.
Water flowed...
The garden grew....
and grew...
and before we knew it, we had an abundance of veggies.
We picked, we chopped, we cooked, we juiced, we ate, and we froze. I dried a lot of herbs.
We worked hard, but it was all so worth it. We still have greens in the freezer, and carrots and onions are still growing in the garden, together with a new crop of parsley, mint, and rosemary. A very Good Thing....
