Vegetable Gardening 

The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses!

2003 Was A Good Year

Zachary at 12 running the machinery that keeps the garden going!(MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Freshwater Year, European Disability Year, Year of the Sheep in the Chinese Zodiac, and Year of Scorpio in Western Astrology.

Zachary is now big enough (he is twelve) to run the roto-tiller (with Dad and Grandpa real close by).  That ground will be ready for plants and little seedlings shortly.

The dirt in this garden looks pretty good but years earlier it was hard-packed adobe that had a hard time growing weeds!

So lets see how the year went!

Pete and Paul No body goes unscathed in the garden! Pete came up for a relaxing weekend and voila, he is working in the garden! 

We are deciding a strategy at this point... Does Pete go get the beer or does Paul???

What I never understand is why Paul get's so dirty after just looking at dirt and Pete can work all day and come out clean?  It's just an unexplainable!

So, we set off for an afternoons adventure in the garden... planting, harvesting, weeding, all the good things in life!

Come enjoy the garden month by month!

April

Here we are... April 1, 2003.  The backyard is now planted and will be producing in about 60 days!.  We have beans, peas, squash, grapes, carrots, potatoes, peppers, scotch bonnets, tomatoes, corn, and a lot more!
Asparagus and English shelling peasBackyard

It's Now June

The veggies are going nuts all over the yards (front and back!) We are seeing the growth almost daily and at night we can hear them!
Going wild! Everywhere

May

It was a warm spring and tings took off earlier than normal! The yard is looking pretty good!  The grapes along the wall are already six feet tall and the string beans and peas at at the top of the supports  It is going to be a good year!
Growing like mad!Growing!

July, Time To Enjoy

The veggies are in full force and producing more than we can eat... so we share with the neighbors.
Boysenberries Lemonade in the works