Reflecting Nehemiah... my life at Calvin College

Monday, August 18, 2008

Remember the Garden?

a vibrant, healthy, edible garden!

thanks to emily’s hard work on a saturday morning, our garden looks great and weed free in this photo. during the spring, i blogged about planting a community garden in my backyard with emily’s house. after some hard work and money, we’ve gotten to literally taste the fruit of our labor. we had varying degrees of success with different plants. for instance, out of all the bell peppers i babied as seedlings, only one survived the harsh outdoors. both of the more developed plants that cutter bought from the farmer’s market survived. most of our corn disappeared, but the ones remaining are growing strong. about half of our cucumbers survived, and almost all the tomatoes are thriving. the fence prof. nyhof donated did wonders fending off rabbits, and i’ve yet to see any wounds on our plants from gnawing rabbits. overall, i’m very pleased and excited at the result, and the vegetables have tasted delicious. there’s something about bell peppers on my pizza fresh off the stalk from my backyard. the miracle of food never ceases to amaze me!

baby cucumber that will be edible soon