AFTERMATH...WIND AND HAIL!

The pictures show how the wind and hail can shred our plants with very little difficulty. Good thing we're pulling a lot of them to get the corn planted!!

SINGING (or SWIMMING) IN THE RAIN!!

We FINALLY received some much needed rain!!!  Of COURSE, it had to be on the day we planned to do a lot of garden work!!  So, we just enjoyed the blessing of not being terribly hot while we got a lot done!!

(Special thanks to Elizabeth Dover for REALLY enjoying the rain, complete with swim suit and swim cap!)

TEN MORE DAYS UNTIL WE PLANT THE CORN BEDS!!!

Picking Every Two Days. . .

We picked five buckets of produce on Tuesday . . . and another five buckets two days later, on Thursday . . . and then we picked again today...and got five more buckets of produce!!  Our garden is being VERY blessed!!

CUCUMBERS. . . ZUCCHINI. . . and CARROTS. . . 

Lots of help . . . other than THESE TWO GUYS!!  ^_^  We even have POTATOES!!

Two Days Later. . .

Some may think there won't be any produce to pick when the garden was thoroughly picked two days ago.
Well, they were wrong!!  This is what we got out of the garden this morning!

FRESH FROM THE BUCKETS!!

Not nearly as much left. . . 

What's left after just a few minutes, and several bags filled!

WHERE DID THIS COME FROM. . . I didn't see any?!?!

Heavy Hitters!!

The garden is producing and THEN SOME!!  I know people are picking lots, but there is still TONS of produce that isn't being used.  I went and picked a little in the near dark last night and transplanted some of the squash that had been planted the first week of June.

This morning I went over to check on the relocated plants, and ended up picking FIVE BUCKETS OF PRODUCE!!  Amazing!!  All the people who drive by our corner, enjoy picking up FRESH, FREE veggies and express their gratitude often!!

Thanks to everyone for helping make a good thing happen in our community!!

Let The Production BEGIN!!

Here it is, May 12th, 2012 and we are harvesting HUGE beets, the last of the peas, spinach, lettuce, carrots, zucchini and yellow squash!  UNBELIEVEABLE!!  But really. . .

Had a very productive morning pulling most of the pea plants since it's warming up and they are giving up the ghost; the beets are BEAUTIFUL and huge!  We pulled a bunch, divided them between the helpers, and didn't have leftover to put out on the corner!  The carrots are growing long and straight...except for a few "best friends" that curve around each other, the onions are doing well, the peanut plants are almost all up and growing well; the tomato plants are beautiful, and the cucumbers are even starting to look like they will get with the program and GROW!

The red potatoes we planted back in March must have been chemically "treated" - - not ONE sprouted.  That bed has now been planted in zucchini, yellow zucchini, and crookneck squash.  If you're not a producer, you just might get replaced!!  (Hmmmm, life metaphor???)

The kids sure had fun helping with everything...loved seeing their excitement when pulling carrots!

FAMILY NIGHT AT THE GARDEN!!

WHO KNEW so much could be done so quickly?!?!  

We had beet pickers, carrot thinners, 

flower planters and other HELPERS!!

We had squash and peanut planters, weed pullers, 

rock picker-uppers, and fertilizer spreaders!!

We had MOM's and DAD's, Grandpa's and Grandma's, 

KIDS of all ages and sizes, 

and even HANK the cowdog, 

watched all the work being done!

Most of all we had a LOT of fun, 

AND we have a BEAUTIFUL GARDEN!!

Thanks for everyone's help!!

THANK YOU, HOME DEPOT, FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATION.  YOUR HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!!

Thanks to everyone for the help with planting the garden!! We got a LOT done!! The pictures give a little idea of the fun we had! (Click on each picture for a better view!)

 

 

 

GREAT watchdog!!  Check out the dog on the roofline. . . 

Our BEAUTIFUL GARDEN!!

READY, SET, PLANT!!!

Spring has sprung and it is time to get the garden planted!!  8:00 a.m. Saturday, March 24th.  See you there!!

Spring Is Almost Here!!

The sun is finally coming around more, and the garden is grateful!!  We'll actually get started planting plants in another week or two.  If you have a few spare minutes, go over to the garden and pick a few weeds.  There aren't tons, but we like it that way!!

More news coming soon!!

Scouts in the garden...look out!!

Some of the 14-15 year old scouts helped out in the garden by weeding, getting splinters in their fingers, thinning the beets, getting MORE splinters in their fingers, and laughing and talking a lot!!  They did a good job, and so did their leaders!  THANKS!!