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Gardening ...Its a family affair!

Each summer we love to put in a garden. Our favorite is Tomatoes and Jalapenos, so that we can make salsa.! YUM!!! Last year we didnt have very good luck with where we put the garden, not enough sun. So this year we decided to use the side yard to make a really big garden, lots of room and plenty of sun.
With these hard times the extra food it produces will come in handy! It feels so good to fix food with the vegis we grew ourselves! The kids love to pick stuff and show me what they grew.
We brought in some steer manuer and Papa came over to rottatill. Jason made the rows and I planted everything with the boys help. All the kids love to work in the garden. I know it will bring lots of good memories for us all. It has always brought us together because we all work on it.
I also think its a good lesson for them to learn how hard work pays off. I think these hard times will be a good lesson for our kids. They need to learn that everything dosent come easy, and you cant always have everything you want. I believe if you have it too easy growing up you expect it to be easy when your an adult. Spoiled kids dont make happy adults!
We can have good times and make good memories right here at home with little or no money spent. Money is not the key to happiness, LOVE is!!!

So these are the before pictures...I will keep them updated as the garden grows.



Jason made and extra wide row for the kids to hand out in, because we know they like to be right in the middle of it! This way they dont cave in the watering rows.
Ill tell you what we planted in order... 4 rows of corn early girl tomatoes, roma tomatoes, yellow pear tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, jalapenos, serrano peppers, green chili, bell peppers, sweet basil (smells so good), green beans, butter and select leaf lettuce, cucumbers, zucinni and butternut squash, red potatoes. In other areas at our house we grow, garlic, green onions, chives and a small pot of strawberries ( I want more!). Then of course 50million grape vines of white, concord and red grapes. All we need is some chickens and cows! We wouldnt need Walmart anymore!What a harvest... I cant wait. YUM!!! Dont worry Ill share!!!