Gardens are funny things... you never quite know what will do well. We have lived in this location for 25 years and I have never grown an overly flourishing garden. Potatoes the size of apples were as big as they ever got, onions the size of golf balls, corn and squash - never! But this year, we put a lot of effort into preparing our garden boxes and planted them in faith. The yields have been amazing in some areas!
I have potatoes coming out of the garden this year that are 8-10 inches long! There haven't been any that are hollow either!
There is nothing as good as a garden fresh carrot, and we got a super sweet variety this year that we almost crave! They are so good and we have so many!
The tomatoes did amazingly well too, yielding 13-20 quarts thus far from about 12 plants! To date, there are still more growing in the greenhouse.
Corn has been unheard of in this little space, but this year we got some small cobs. not quite as sweet a variety as the Taber corn, but still so good.
The squash makes me smile. I planted 4 hills of buttercup squash and those vines have literally taken over! They climbed up the trellis and up into the Saskatoon bushes. I have squashes hanging over my head out there!!! It is like a treasure hunt, trying to find them all! But we brought in a good-sized box full so far with lots more still growing.
The onions did well, but the beans did not. The watermelon got shaded out by the potato plants and the cantaloup took forever to set fruit so they are small, to say the least. the beets never really grew, and for some reason, the cucumbers which are usually crazy were really tame this year. They provided some cukes, but nothing like usual.
I love to garden, but it seems that the yields are a little bit different each season. I wonder if that is how it is for us in the seasons of our lives. Some seasons will do great in some areas, and other areas may seem to struggle, and yet, the overall important factor is that we are producing, even if it is only one fruit that we bring forth, we are growing, stretching, blooming, and striving.
We will fulfill all things in the measure of our season, and this year was the year for potatoes and squash at our house! I hope I can keep the perspective, that if something is struggling it doesn't diminish its value, it just needs time, patience, and effort so that it may thrive in its season...
No comments:
Post a Comment