Sowing

It is true. The Hussey's have been gardening. What initially started out as a small project has "bloomed". (That's gardener speak for: turned into a huge project that has darn near broke my husband's back.) I did a lot of research and decided that I was going to use the Square Foot Gardening method. Well, anyone that knows me well, knows that I am not the greatest planner. We went to a nursery JUST to get peat moss and vermiculite because I was not done planning what I would plant in our two modest 4x4 plots. I am not sure how we walked out with 18 corn, basil, oregano, thyme, 12 tomato plants, 4 yellow and 8 red bell pepper, 2 red onion, pumpkin, 4 sugar baby watermelon, 4 acorn squash, 8 butternut squash, 2 zucchini, jalapeno, 4 crookneck squash, arugala, lettuce, artichoke, 4 honeydew melons, 4 eggplant, 4 cabbage, 4 cucumber, 4 pickling cucumber, 12 spinach, 1 petite pepper, 5 strawberries, 4 cabbage, 2 bags of pole bean seeds, 1 bag of carrot seeds, and two bags of mesculin (mixed greens) seeds. It is like they put something in the air, or possibly had subliminal messages pouring out of their speakers. Or, maybe it was the heat in the greenhouse that did me in. But, we added two more 4x8 plots to accomodate it all and that is AFTER I returned 9 corn and gave Mariah 2 cuc's, 4 tomato's, and 4 crooknech squash.

James, I'm sure, has his own tale to tell about all of this work and his wife's crazy ideas since he was the one breaking his back. But, I am very thankful and excited. God willing, with all this sowing we will be able to do some heavy reaping. I can't wait to eat the fruit of our labor.