“A garden is never so good as it will be next year.” –Thomas Cooper
Summer has come and gone. Our first attempt at organic veggie gardening went well in spite of us this year! In July, we had the most lush vegetable garden you can imagine…but life and the squash bug caught up with us in August! I pulled some muscles that kept me out of the garden for several weeks and Chuck spent his extra time doing all the stuff I usually do.
So, the garden had to manage on its own…the beans were done in September, the tomatoes and peppers lasted into October. The voles ate a bite out of most of our potatoes. We dug the rest up because we knew either we could eat them small or the voles would eat them big!
But, in spite of the voles and squash bugs and incapacitated gardeners…our freezer is half full of things we grew ourselves…mostly beautiful tomatoes and green beans. You know…we grew more than vegetables this summer. We grew a little joy, wonder and self-sufficiency, too! And even a squash bug can’t eat that!
Stay simple!
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