Garden Goods

We planted a garden first the first time since leaving Alaska and our garden there left a lot to be desired. Luke was ready to go big and plant everything. I was a little more skeptical—he was leaving for a month to work on his doctorate in Utah—and wanted to keep it small and successful. We just picked our first squash and had it for dinner last night. I was so excited but not quite as excited as Micali. She is in LOVE with squash. She wanted it for breakfast the morning after I brought it in. She had three big plates of it for dinner. She can’t wait to find a husband who loves squash so they can eat it everyday. Abbers even enjoyed a plate of it.

Micali took these pictures for me!

And a couple pictures of the garden:

We have a good garden that is loved and weeded: peas, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, tomatoes, cabbage onions and squash.

And we have another garden that is loved but only by the bees. We placed the bees in a bad location to actually care for this garden when not in a full bee suit which is too hot and not practical.

This garden is mostly strawberries but at the end not pictured here are some pumpkins, watermelons, and cucumbers which still look pretty good because they aren’t as close to the bees and I have braved weeding them a few times.