first project
First on my list was to put in a garden. The garden that the previous owners had was about a modest 15X10 foot garden. I really was thinking big... We need enough food to feed our family. I figured 50x50 foot would be a good start (ouch).
We had no way to turn the soil so I rented a hydraulic roto tiller, $70 for the day. I was beat by the end of the day trying to turn soil that had never been turned.
Next the layout of the garden. Since we had a well and I figured it wouldn't be able to handle watering the garden I was planning to use a pump that was left here and pump water out of the pond. I figured I would mound each row of vegetables and then the water could fill up in between. That in it's self was work to dig and set up.
My wife purchased seeds and I went at it. Ug!! it was so much work.
Then came the weeds. Seemed like we were out there every day. Unfortunately in the end we had to travel some, got too busy and let it go for the most part. We had some good tomatoes, asparagus (which we did nothing to except weed, they were already there), string beans and maybe a few other things. The potatoes, onions, garlic and carrots were not worth it, I think the soil was not amended enough. I am using what I harvested as seeds this year. all the squash, cucumbers, melons and pumpkins rotted. We planted a lot of other things but there was so much that we couldn't keep up with it all. So the first year was pretty much a total flop.
Hopefully we have learned and this year will be a lot better. Jen went to a get together and got a lot of great ideas. Guess we will just have to wait and see how this year goes... Can't be a master garner on the first year... or second... maybe never...
