progress

we tilled our garden last night.

well, mike tilled, and i entertained levi. we're hoping to plant tomorrow before we head north for the weekend. i'm calling around today to get prices on stuff to plant. we'll buy plants that are already going strong. it's easiest for us right now, being that we "commute" to our garden. we can't drive to the garden every day, and it's just easier to have them going strong... but mike scored a small greenhouse at a garage sale this last weekend. He's been wanting one for a while, thinking about making one. It was selling for $20, and typically these sized ones sell for $150-200. He asked if they'd take $15 and they did, so next year, we'll start everything from seedling in the greenhouse. WAY excited about that. :)

anyway..

our dear friends russ and murt own about 80 acres in a small town north of where we live. they graciously plow up a huge section, and allow 3 families to farm on it. we're blessed to be one of them. the only problem with it, is that's is about a 25 minute drive for us to get there, but in the end it's totally worth it.

so currently the plan is as follows

28 tomato plants (mostly romas, some beefy kind, and some grape)
8 green pepper
4 banana pepper
4 cabbage
4 eggplant
3 sets of onions
2 zucchini
2 yellow squash
4 swiss chard

that's our pre-list. i'm calling around today and we'll see what we actually end up with. :)
we're thinking about maybe some beans...

maybe.

i have bad memories of being forced to pick and snap rows and rows of beans as a child.
(thanks, mom) :)


mmmm. garden. i can taste those yummy tomatoes already! :)