Cluck Cluck

BEFORE

Last weekend as Ryan and I were spending our date night preparing our garden, I asked Ryan if he ever felt like the Little Red Hen. He quickly gave me the look of confusion. I admit that I can be confusing at times, but as I was preparing the ground and looking at the mound of dirt that still needed to be managed I had a ton of thoughts that flew threw my brain:

1. It will be so great when my family and I can come out and pick fresh vegetables for dinner or snacks, etc.

2. Wow, there is a lot of work to do before this mound of dirt is even ready for seeds.

AFTER (this darn wall alone took about 4 months to build)

3. Once things grow, someone will have to water, weed, fertilize, water more, weed more, fertilize more, etc.

4. When the food is mature, someone will need to pick, clean and can, process, or freeze the food.

All of the sudden I started thinking about the situation and it dawned on me that this was going to pretty much be my second full time job this summer. How helpful can an accountant be who works crazy hours and gets home around 7:30 pm most of the time?


That's when I remembered several Family Home Evenings growing up when a tearful mom would read the story of the Little Red Hen hoping that us kids would understand that she needs help. Now I can relate...


So this blog will be our record of this Summer's work. THE GARDEN.


(NOTE TO SELF: Plant Peas and Lettuce by mid-April next year. Lettuce will be bitter if it matures during hot summer heat. And, use inoculant for legumes before planting to enhance their chances of taking off.)