Garden Revisit

I woke early yesterday and it was slightly over 40 degrees so I started working in the kitchen garden doing tasks I let go of last year.  Most of our plants we purchase from the Amish Greenhouses. Those we don't, come from neighbors, family, and friends. Above, are some of the markers I found, while moving the clay pots, bricks, and brush out of the garden. 


In 2019, we intermingled herbs, flowers, and fruits with vegetables. 

Our most abundant crops were tomatoes followed by zucchini. We were able to preserve tomatoes and freeze bags of zucchini which allow us to have chili and salsa, and muffins and bread throughout the winter.

We plan to begin tilling soon as we need to remove some weeds and a few roots from the soil and will add amendments like organic chicken manure. We typically buy an organic product that is dehydrated and granulated and provides Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium. 

This is how the garden looked when we started last spring.

In summer our worn-out scarecrow was replaced with a garden ant and we were picking a daily harvest.

While the garden produced an abundance of fruits and vegetables, it was not without struggle. You can see more about the highs and lows here. 

We found our best investment last year was the cheap chicken wire fencing which surrounds the garden as it kept out the rabbits.