SnowCronan's blog: who says Gardens are easy?

Was at the store the other day and while waiting to check out, I hear a lady make a statement that gardening was easy. I giggled to myself and of course my brain went to town on all the work we have done in the garden this year. One would think I would be a size 7 by now but that's going to happen like gardening being easy!

First there was seed starting in Feb. Checking every day on the conditions of the greenhouse no matter how cold it got outside. Still had to make the walk out there and do the work. Making sure it was warm enough, do they have enough water and checking on any growth at all. That's when it all started. Not counting the prep time of sorting seeds, what did we want to plan on eating and what did we have space for.

Then when those got going, it really was a daily task of work. But then it warmed up and we could ease up on greenhouse guard duty but now turned our attention to the low hoops and adding more raised beds. They weren't hard to make or expensive but it's still cold outside. Got those up and let them sit several days to warm up the soil. Then like new parents to their first child, checking temps before moving them to low hoops.


Then the additions came into play. Lots of them, for us anyway. Then realizing my dogs loved my raised beds so up went a fence and entry with a gate.









then of course the planting and watering and mulching and doing what every gardener does in the beginning. It has become a daily routine to walk the garden and see the results and progress of plants. Harvesting lettuce in March was a pleasure but the work it took was far from easy. I wish that lady would have come by every day to help out.

So now it's July and it hasn't let up. Now it's weeding and guiding cucumbers to climb the trellis. Leading yard long beans to follow the pole rather then latching onto the tomatoes nearby. Staking indeterminate tomatoes so they can grow taller then me and produce a bounty of tomatoes. Picking up several cases of quart jars because when they all come in we will be in the kitchen for hours.

The zucchini have already put us to work. Why does no one want zucchini? only 2 people wanted it but ohhhhh if we make zucchini bread they will take that!! ohhh if we do the work of baking you'll take it but not the base of the bread itself! makes me mad sometimes! chicken little comes to mind.

we have put away about 25 loaves of zucchini bread so far this season. given 4 loaves away to those who actually helped us out. We only put in 3 plants and they have produced an overload of zucchini. several of them I let go really large and harvested seed from it. I don't plant on putting it in next season because I have enough bread for several years. But the seed will go to the exchange.

Now the lettuce needs to be taken out and the seeds hung up to dry out. now we have empty space for fall planting.. yep, gardening is sooo easy. Apparently this woman has no clue what she's talking about. We have been busy since Feb and the year is not over yet and I'm already tired. But I love it! Not to mention the flower beds. that's a whole nother story right there! Wonder if that lady even knows to water plants when there's no rain!? probably not.

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