Growing our Garden

     Spring has sprung around here, and besides there being a few more chilly nights than we expected or needed, it has been really nice. We planted our corn patch a few weeks ago…something we've been preparing for for a while now.

Smoothing out the ground after tilling…the old fashioned way. 

Dalton has a little helper 

Planting the corn…those two in the background really wanted to get in there with him.

The corn as of last Saturday, but it's grown since even then. We are trying not to get our hopes up because there are lots of deer and coons around to undermine our work. Hopefully we can persevere!

   Last weekend we finally put the rest of the garden in. We have been itching to plant for a while, but wanted to wait until the Farmer's Almanac and Neil Sperry said it was a good time to plant. It's a good thing we waited too, because we had a late frost that would have gotten our plants if we would've planted early!

 Farmer Ace hitching a ride in the wheelbarrow

 Cooper hauled the plants to the garden in his trusty tractor

Having a serious discussion about the tiller

 He's had enough! Time for nap.

Carefully planting the cantalope 

Cooper was a big help with the seeds…let's hope he didn't push them too far down.

Counting the seeds before he plants 

Can't wait to see what it all looks like in a couple of months!

Daddy's taking over for the last row

 Tada! The garden and corn patch

"He will also send you rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will graze in broad meadows." Isaiah 30:23 (our prayer for the garden!) "O God you are my God. Earnestly I seek you. My soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you in a dry and weary land where there is no water." Psalm 63:1 (our prayer for our souls!)