Friday Show And Tell . . .

Victory Garden 2010

(WWII poster)

Yesterday we got started planting our 2010 garden.

(another WWII poster)

Years ago we planted a big garden each spring.

I remember planting potatoes on

St. Patrick's day when it was so cold

I thought my fingers were going to fall off.

Last year we planted a little garden

that could be seen from our kitchen window.

We enjoyed sunflowers, okra, bell peppers, egg plant, cucumber,

bell peppers, zucchini, yellow neck squash,

and a few tomatoes.

We're hoping for a better tomato crop

this year. We bought 6 heirloom tomato plants.

The varieties we planted are
Kellogg Breakfast (yellow)

Red Brandy Wine

Carbon (purple)

Sioux

Brandy Wine Cherry (small tomatoes)

We also planted peppers (Jupiter Bell)

and egg plants (Pingtung Long & Rose of Bianca).

We transplanted some volunteer sunflower plants

that came up. They don't look very good so

we may have to plant some seeds.

Hubby planted . . .



then gave each plant a good soaking.


This weekend we're going to plant
cucumber, yellow squash , zucchini, and corn.
We're skipping the okra this year.
We still have a lot in the freezer.

Do any of you plant a garden? I'd like to hear about it if you do!