Our First Garden...From Beginning to End

Last May, we planted our first "real" garden. We had done some previous container gardening in the homes that we rented before this one, but this was our first official, raised-bed garden. We weren't quite sure how everything would turn out, but we planted with faith, hoping that we would reap some benefits in the form of yummy vegetables throughout the summer...

It started off small in the beginning...

But within just a month, we started to see some major progress...

And all of the effort that Jason put into keeping our garden this summer paid off big time. It was wonderful to have fresh tomatoes, zucchini, peppers and even a few onions for the last four months. We ate a ton, canned a bunch and gave a whole lot away!!

But alas, all good things must come to an end and so it was with our garden. Our fluke snowstorm last weekend (more on that later) officially ended our bounteous garden production this year.

It was kind of sad taking down these beautiful plants, but at least Abby enjoyed catching some air while jumping on the remnants.

We definitely learned a lot about gardening this year and we'll be anxious to put our green thumbs to work again come Spring!!