Hello there Ms. Spider...

We have had this lovely spider living in our garden by the shed. She has a large web amongst the passion fruit vine. Recently we saw a large egg sac. How absolutely lovely to have such pretty spiders to help us cut down the bug population!

Fruits of Our Labor

So far we have harvested 7 raddish, 1 eggplant, 55 zucchini, 33 yellow squash, 6 pan squash, 64 cucumbers, 233 cherry tomatoes, 70 large tomatos (various varieties), 39 beans, 15 head of lettuce, 60 banana peppers, 75 jalapeno peppers, 12 green bell peppers, 12 swiss chard leaves (we take only what we eat and let it continue to grow), and 1 carrot (a baby by mistake - Ken thought it was a weed, so Jewel ate it. It was super sweet and yummy!).

We have calcutated an estimated poundage of produce we've harvested in our garden and factored the average price for each produce at the commissary and we've already harvested so much that we've far exceeded our start-up costs in production, and the season is still young!

It's been so great to go out and work in the garden. While it's not easy, it soothes the soul and fills our tummys!

Our Garden

This year we were feeling inspired and ambitious and began our gardening adventures. Needless to say, we are LOVING it. I had experienced garden a lot growing up, but to have my own on a larger scale than a small corner in the backyard has been incredible.