Our Garden!

Flowers and plants for the garden and the flower beds

Well…after living here for over 10 years…my husband and I decided to take a crack at gardening! We had a small garden a few years ago, that yielded some amazing vegetables, and this year, we decided (well…really think it was I that decided, lol) to make it a bit bigger.

Brian helping to dig up and work the soil in the garden plot.

So, after a lot of hard, back-breaking work, we have the plot dug and the soil worked. We added in some top soil and fertilizer to help with the soil quality, next came the planting.

Plants are fin the ground, and we still have room for more! Yay!

To start, we have blueberries, tomatoes, basil, bell peppers, squash, cantaloupe, kale and sugar snap peas (my personal favorite!). Next, we will be doing some okra and sweet Italian peppers, and maybe some corn.

In addition to our new garden, we already have several fruit trees that are doing well this year. Peaches, plums (which are so sweet and juicy), apples and pears. The pears are not going to produce this year, but the trees are pretty young still, so we were not expecting them to bear fruit.

Baby peaches on one of the peach trees.

We are excited to see what our garden and orchard will do! It is amazing to see a little seed turn into a plant, and then into something we can eat! Not to mention, knowing where our food is coming from and the satisfaction of knowing we grew it ourselves. We are hoping for a bountiful crop that we can share with our friends, family and neighbors. It’s the heart and spirit of giving and a source of pride and thankfulness.

It’s been a lot of work, but very rewarding! I know it’s going to be a huge learning experience, but one that I’m really excited about!

Are you growing anything this year? Let me know in the comments! I would love to hear what everyone is doing!

Stay safe and happy!

All the Best,

Chrissi