Our pride and Joy

Since we moved into our house 3 years ago, we have had this eyesore behind and to the side of the garage. It was these huge mounds of dirt and debris that the previous owners had just left. We have always talked about doing a garden back there but this was NOT little project. This was a rent a huge dumpster and fill it with over 7 tons of dirt and junk project. We found bricks, a tree, remnants of a compost pile, 3 tires, foundation from the house from when large windows were put in the basement, pieces of a plastic swimming pool, metal rods, LOTS of dirt and many more random things that should not be in a pile in the backyard.

We borrowed our neighbors rototiller after the we cleaned up the piles. The thing had more power than a small car.

This past month we have spent every spare daylight moment (especially Kent) on this garden project. And now we have. . .

A GARDEN. We have lots of herbs, like 7 kinds of tomatoes, corn, peppers, pumpkins, peas, beans, carrots, and watermelon.

Of course we planted mid may and then a freak snow storm rolled in last week and killed a few plants. Andy is devastated that some of his watermelons were snow casualties. Hopefully most will pull through. With a library copy of Gardening for Dummies in our possession we are sure to have a great harvest. We are so excited to watch it grow and can't wait for fresh salsa!