So after 10 days of being gone on vacation, we come home to find out that it rained the whole week we were gone. Hooray for rain! I was so worried that my garden would be completely dead and we have a small harvest for our meals tomorrow (good thing too cause the fridge is empty). It felt so incredibly empowering to go out tonight and pull green beans, cucumbers, okra, tomatoes, chard and basil. I don't know what to make with a few small things but I am certainly going to try. Everything is overgrown and I will have a lot of work to do this next week. After resting tomorrow Monday will be a busy day, cleaning out beds, and maybe running the weed eater. The straw that we laid down has been a wonderful covering for the paths between the beds. I am anxious to get some more squares built. For my four years of failed garden plans the 4x4 ft square recommended in Square Foot Gardening has been an absolute dream. The plots are easy to manuever around and easy to keep weeded and clean. The herb circle needs some more cleaning out and mulch and the side beds are desperatly in need of some new plantings and mulch. Mulch is the most important aspect of keeping a garden. In all the years I have been trying to figure this out, I have been most stubborn about this and realized I have wasted so much effort. Hopefully, this brat has learned her lesson and will keep all garden areas adequatley mulched and watered. Now off I go to dream of expansion.....
