How does the Garden Grow?

April 2020
Peas are planted (against the fence) - we are starting to plant the corn.  See in the background, the stakes where we will plant the pumpkins/squash.  Snow still on the mountains ! 

May 2020
Peas are poking up, and we've gotten the tomatoes and squash and pumpkins and cabbage planted also.  We've got our new watering system in place. 

 

June 2020
The garden is growing !  The corn is struggling, and we had our last frost on June 9th, where we had to cover cover cover again (I hate that).  This picture is after that, and we've removed all the water wells, and buckets.  You can see the carrots in the raised bed also.  

July 2020
Growing Growing Growing - you can see the onions and spinach in the foreground.  We are watering twice a week, and everything looks great.  It's been a weird summer though......... we are hearing this from all gardeners.  Our last rows of corn are doing so much better than the first rows planted.  You can see the yellow dead grass that we've spread between the squash/pumpkins in the background.  We tried to keep the morning glory under control, but it is so hard to control.  Weed Weed Weed, Water, Water, Water. 

August 2020
So amazing how the pumpkins and squash grow so much !   Some of our pumpkins started turning orange quite early this year, and the leaves are so big, and they hide, and it's fun to see each time we water how much more they have grown.  

Also August 2020
The corn has grown so tall, and I've harvested cucumber after cucumber over and over.  Dad has started to cut the cabbage, I think the largest one was 21 pounds.   The largest blue hubbard squash we grew was 51 POUNDS !!!

September 2020
And now here we are after the Harvest Party - Whew!!!
It would be interesting to know just how many POUNDS of food we grew.....all from a little seed/starts.   We are hanging on to the tomatoes, hoping that more turn before another frost so we can do a little more canning. I'm thinking Tomato Bisque (soup) - in freezer bags.