The Garden

Ah, the joy of having a vegetable garden. Growing up in the country meant the garden encompassed at least half an acre and included green beans, black-eyed peas, tomatoes (all sizes), okra, corn, potatoes, onions, radishes, cucumbers, squash and peppers (all types). And some years included strawberries, lettuce and asparagus. Hours and hours and hours of preparation and planting and tending to the garden ensured our family of six of having fresh produce on the table for several months.

But my how times change. Sam and I planted a garden last Sunday. It consists of a few tomato plants (various types) and a scattering of jalapeno, serrano and banana pepper plants. The garden itself is actually a flower bed located in the lower part of the yard. We don't profess to be great gardeners but do hope that the plants will yield some decent produce. We ran out of room for all the plants in the strip of dirt we are calling our garden so I stuck the remaining pepper plants and tomato plants in pots that I normally use for spring flowers. We didn't have any horse apples so we used cow patties instead for fertilizing the dirt. (There's some country lingo for ya!) Added a dash of Miracle Gro to each plant and now we wait......