Our veggie garden

For my birthday a couple weeks ago I asked my family for a vegetable garden. They have a big one at their house every year so I thought they would be able to get us set up. First we had to get rid of this shrubbery in the back of the house so we would have some room. We had to use the chain saw (Jared had fun) and then drag all the brush to the front of the house to burn.

Once it was cleared out we actually had a nice flat place to plant. My parents brought over some goat manure and we spread it out and watered it down.

Sampson, my parent's dog, helping out.

Then my parents brought over the rota-tiller (sp?) and went to work. We accidentally left the sprinkler going for almost 8 hours the day before so it was a little tough. It was really muddy. Oops:)

The final product:

It's about 12' by 25'. We had to fence it in because of the deer. We fit into this tiny space some corn, green beans, pumpkin, chard, tomatoe, banana peppers, tomatillo, basil, jalapeno, serrano, zucchini, yellow squash, watermelon, cantelope, honeydew, cucumber. It is going to be jam packed. At least we won't be wasting water. This morning I noticed some sprouting but I can't remember what was planted there so it will be a surprise. At least it is growing and I haven't killed it yet. I'll post more pics as it grows!