A Gardening Experiment

When we initially moved into our house, our hopes were to build a garden in the Spring that would last all summer. With all the yard work our house required, any hopes of a garden quickly got pushed aside. This year I really didnt want to miss out on that opportunity again. Last weekend we finally decided to get our hands dirty, and take the plunge planting our first garden. Someday I would like a huge garden with lots of fresh veggies, but since this is our first year, we decided it would be better to start off small and learn from our mistakes. Sunday afternoon while Addison was down for a nap, Chad set out to find the perfect spot in the backyard and began digging. I knew when Addison and I went out to help, there would be no keeping her out of the dirt. I dressed her in play clothes and shoes and prepared myself for dirty fingernails. Helping Chad dig was pretty fun, we found a few worms (all of which were so "Yuck") and some rollie pollies which Addison found quite interesting. After about half and hour, Addison resigned to sitting on the side lines in a chair eating a snack (and in the shade of course) while Chad and I started to plant the seeds. We decided to plant Carrots, Onions, Summer Squash (our fav!) and Beans. I had looked up information online and was beginning to get excited to go out and water our small garden during these nice cool days. Florida/Georgia weather decided otherwise. 2 days after planting our garden it started raining and 3 days later it still has not let up. Half of our yard is flooded (Not so much the garden area)so I am keeping my fingers crossed that the rain has not ruined all of our hard work. I am really hoping to be able to produce atleast SOMETHING from our garden! I have been wanting to post pictures, but with the rain I dare not step foot in the mush that has become our yard. Hopefully I can get a picture this weekend and keep everyone updated with our garden progress (or failure??).

Since I dont have any pictures of our garden, I will substitute that with pictures of Addison, of course! Here are a few from a couple weeks back.

The quality of this photo is not the best, but her devilish little smirk makes me laugh.