In a spur of the moment decision, the family trekked to Gethsemane Gardens in Andersonville. There were plenty of choices in Tomatoes, Peppers, Raspberries, Broccoli, and Strawberries. I am not going to get into what I have planted so far, as I will leave that for this week. However, I will say that it was a LONG day, and we are going to have a ridiculous amount of Tomatoes and Peppers when this is all done.
Above is a picture of the fully planted garden. All you can really make out at this point is some rows of a plants and a few flowers. The few flowers are Marigolds. It turns out that Marigolds are good at attracting Ladybugs. Ladybugs like to eat aphids. Aphids like to eat vegetable/fruit plants, so the Marigolds are the guardians of the garden so to speak. In an added bonus, Marigolds apparently have a certain scent that rabbits dislike, so we have that going for us as well. Now all we need to do is figure out a way to keep the squirrels from eating everything, and we will have some vegetables to eat in 2-3 months.
Later this week I will post the layout for the garden as well as the varieties of each vegetable/fruit that we have chosen.
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