Here Comes The Garden!

Yeah!! Our garden is finally coming in! The sweet basil, onions, peas, tomatoes, beans and yellow squash are here! The canteloupe is slowly growing and the pumpkins are really coming along nicely. No, we aren't going to give Vala's any sort of competition, but the girls are tending their gardens very well and it gives us awesome discussions....."Life began in a garden" etc. We have decided that because it has produced so vastly, we are going to have a produce stand on our acreage out here. The girls will sell their produce to help pay for horse back riding lessons that they are dying to take! We will get the stand going in about 2 weeks I am guessing. That will be such an awesome experience for them. I doubt if they make enough to cover even one lesson, as they are pretty pricey, but the experience will give them much to think about. The process of planting, weeding, watering, cutting back and caring for has been so valuable to them. I can't even believe all that they have experienced from this one little hobby. Since I am an unseasoned gardener, I have learned much too. We chose to go the "organic" route, so the okra and beans are a bit beat up from pests, but we still would rather be chemical free and go with it. And at the end of the day, after the lessons have been taught and the work is complete, we will get to enjoy the "fruits of our labor" with what my husband calls a "taste explosion!" I LOVE summer!