It’s Growing

This “simple” life has been crazy busy, but we are loving it!

I have been busy working in the garden and helping my husband whenever he needs me.  His priorities have been fence building/repair and other infrastructure projects. My priority has been the garden (well after taking care of the kids and helping Scott.)

This is a picture of the garden.  The five garden beds that are the closest to the camera I  just put in this spring.  Since we sold our tiller a few years ago, this has required a lot of digging but I am happy with the results so far.  The garden bed to the far left has not been finished yet.  I hope to get it done yet this week.  I also hope to get the garden bed that will run along the fence dug and planted this week.

Diagram of Garden

Although the kids and I planted 32 broccoli plants, I don’t know how much broccoli we are actually going to be able to harvest, the rabbits have really been enjoying it.  For a while there weren’t even any leaves left on the poor things.  Some of the plants are actually starting to grow leaves again but I am afraid that they have been too stressed to have much yield.  The rabbits have also been enjoying the peas.  It is amazing how much those cute little bunnies can eat.

We have purchased 2′ chicken wire that I am going to put around the bottom of the fence and hopefully slow the rabbits down a little.

We have been picking a few strawberries this week.  They are so tasty!  I don’t know that we will have a large enough yield to make any jam with but we are certainly enjoying them just the same.  Not very many of the strawberries even make it to the house, most are eaten right out of the garden.

Each year I try to plant something new to me.  This year I decided to try two new things; brussell sprouts and broom corn.  I sure hope they do well!

Do you try different things also?  What do you plant in your garden?

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

Blessings,

Jennifer

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