Mary, Mary quite contrary...

I've been wanting to do a vegetable garden for years but in looking into getting started it was always too overwhelming. A few weeks ago however we went on a rampage pulling out bushes and weeds out front and then Kurt dug up a plot for me! The following weekend we bought a little bit of better dirt and then added our compost to it. Then we planted carving pumpkins and acorn squash.7/5-The initial digging.

7/11-We planted the seeds. Joshua's buddy Ava was over to help. She has more experience gardening than the rest of us so we were lucky she was there to help.

7/23- The Acorn squash has sprouted! We have six plants growing and they look great!

7/26 Working in the dirt. The hardest part so far has been keeping Joshua from digging up the seeds/plants.

Last week I noticed one of the pumpkins sprouted. We planted the seeds a little late so I was beginning to lose hope. Hopefully at least the one will make it. We still have space to plant some more things. I was planning tomatoes, but it's just so hot right now it seems like it would be a losing battle.

To be continued...