The Vegetable Garden

Prior to this year I have never had a vegetable garden and I didn't begin planning to have one until winter so the ground has not yet been prepared. As of the moment there are old buildings in the spots where I plan to plant. I have scheduled to rent a skid loader for the weekend and am going to knock those buildings down this weekend. Currently I am in the beginning stages of planning for my garden. I ordered way too much sweet corn seed so I will have a lot of corn if the soil is okay.

I am planting this year in the veggie garden:

1. Sweet Corn
2. Lettuce
3. Bush Beans
4. Cucumber
5. Pumpkin
6. Potato
7. Watermelon

I ordered 600 sweet corn seeds on accident but depending on the fertility of the ground we may have a lot of extra corn or none at all. I am going to try planting them an inch apart and thin when they sprout. My aunt and Uncle were very kind and gave us our first pressure cooker for Christmas this year so I think we may get a lot of use out of it while canning.

I didn't order very much of the other veggies as we will probably want to eat sweet corn every day during the summer and the others we will eat only occasionally.

I am not sure yet how I am going to keep our four puppies out of the garden. I am going to try and find the cheapest method there is and preferably something that can be removed and reconfigured each year. If anyone has an idea let me know. They are Chocolate lab pups that were born in January and they are already causing quite a mess all over the yard. I am not the kind of person that likes to pen animals up so that is not an option. However I have thought about getting a radio shock collar fence.

Next post will be about the flower garden.