Well, after figuring out that in order for my garden to be successful I have to water, water, water, I finally was able to grow things. I actually leave the hose on the plants and it drips continuously so that they're always being watered. Once I started doing that things started to grow and produce. For some reason Bryan's grapes grow without having to water them. We finally were able to harvest them and my dad and Marcus ate them. Breanna ate some too and we took some to Bill and Kathleen. The sad thing is, we got about two days of grapes and it was over. We did get a lot though on those two days, enough to last us a few weeks. My tomato plants have done well and they taste so yummy. I do have a few tomato plants that were given to me from an organic farm but they're taking longer to produce. I forgot to stake them so the branches are laying all over the ground. Lesson learned, stake your tomatoes early. We have 17 pumpkins on the vine and Breanna and I have named them all. We have Bob (he was our first pumpkin), Barry (his little brother), Petie, Stevie, Josie, Carly, Gary, Jerry, Larry, Pumpkin Pie, Sweetie Pie, Cutie Pie, Bow, Peep, Suzy, Chloe and I can't remember the last one. Breanna wrote out their names on popsicle sticks and put them in the ground next to the pumpkins so we would remember their names. It was a good lesson in writing for her and she enjoyed it. We're going to keep 3 of the pumpkins for ourselves and give away the rest. My roses have done really well too. The soaking has really helped and I think this has been my best year ever for roses. I've had a ton of zucchini and made zucchini bread, muffins, and grilled zucchini. I've been able to give some away too which I love to do. The chickens have been producing eggs and we've even been a little backed up with eggs. I have to find people to give them to. It's a lot of work and I have to constantly be out there working on the yard but it's worth it.
