So...those of you that follow this blog I am sure are shocked, I am finally posting a garden update. Of course I am behind like always but here it is. This should score me some points still!!!
I planted a little differently this year. Instead of straight rows across the garden, I planted in sections.
There are 3 main sections with sub-sections for specific plants within them.
I planted a little differently this year. Instead of straight rows across the garden, I planted in sections.
There are 3 main sections with sub-sections for specific plants within them.

Peas (lattice for them to grow up - 2 rows that are not up yet to prolong the season)
Cucumbers (Is that a cattle fence - YUP it is! Will show details farther down)

3 rows onions (white, yellow, red)
Spinach (two rows not up yet)
3 rows onions (white, yellow, red)
Beans (two additional rows not up yet)

Broccoli
Kohlrabi
Peppers (Hot Tabasco, Giant Jalapeno, Habanero, Jalapeno, Bell)




Last year Chris helped me a LOT in the garden since I was not living in IA full time yet. And anyone that has had a garden knows that picking cucumbers is not fun. Then throw a horrible year for mosquitoes on top of it and it becomes even less fun. Well I am hoping the cucumber cage makes the picking part easier. On one of the jobs Chris did last year he could see their garden out back and they had taken a cattle fence, cut it a little shorter and welded it in a circle, stuck it in the garden and planted the cucumbers around the outside. The cucumbers grew up the fence making picking easier.
I will keep you posted but so far it seems to be working. They are growing right up the fence, with a little guidance from me every night!