1st Garden

A local church decided to donate some of their land for church members and non members to use for garden plots. Each plot is 20'x20'. Our neighbor, Barb, who has been great to us is a member at the church. She told us about the garden plots and gave us an application. We got a spot and have been gardening for about a month now. I must admit that our garden is not doing as well as I had hoped. As a first time gardener I guess I should have known that I should not expect so much from it. I planted some corn, green beans, squash, watermelons, sun flowers, pinto beans, and zuchini. the tomatoes were the only thing I planted that were not from seed and I didnt plant anything until mid may. I guess it was kinda late, I dunno. Mainly it was meant for prectice. Of course we will eat anything that grows in it but I just thought it woukld be good practice since we will be growing all of our own food when we finally get our own land. Even just 20'x20' is alot of work. especially since the church does not have water available so I have to haul my own in buckets. And, it's a 10 minute drive from our apartment. Still, it's been a great learning experience and even though alot of work it's alot of fun. I'm excited to see how well it does.