Gardening

Let's see what else does a semi self-sufficient homestead need? A garden! Home grown fruits and veggies. Like we have already told you we are wanting to get away from fast food world and eat healthier.

So what all did we decide to grow our first year at this? Corn, Okra, Peas, Green Beans, Cantaloupe, Watermelon, Peppers, Tomatoes, 

Cucumbers, Strawberries, Spinach, Dill, and Lettuce.

I am pretty new to this whole gardening thing, I always enjoyed taking care of the garden with my dad. Watering them taking care of the flowers and of course picking the fruits and veggies; however I never went through the process of planning it, my dad decided what we would plant, where we would plant them and when. 

Well now that we have our own garden I am working on figuring all that out. With the move we really pushed back the garden and I think that has taken its tole on some of our plants. Some of our pepper plants are a little stunted and I'm not sure what to do about it. also our peas grew up to maybe 4 or 5 inches and just stopped. I talked to my dad who told me they are really more of a spring plant, I think this heat is killing them, I will have to keep that in mind for next year. 

On the other hand our strawberries are producing and our cucumber plants have lots of flowers so hopefully we will have lots of cucumbers soon.