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Tipper of Blind Pig & the Acorn (a down home country sight that is very enjoyable) showed her big garden of corn and beans so here is mine. My gardening has changed since the wife and I have been on our own. My garden was 30' x 50' when we had 6 at home. I grew everything from beans to watermelon back then. My wife use to can and freeze an awful lot for the winter months. The garden shrank as the children left the nest. The garden is now reduced to a 8' x 12' section of ground which I keep fenced to deter the groundhogs. As I said before, it only slows the groundhogs down a little, this year has been good so far. I guess we will see if it continues. We still do some freezing but we give our excess bounty to our kids and our friends. A small garden can be very productive if you keep after it.
This is the top half of the garden with tomatoes, peppers and eggplant. I mulch with grass clippings to try to keep the weeds down. I'm almost keeping up with the weeds.
This is the bottom half with zucchini and cherry tomatoes. The grand kids love to eat the cherry tomatoes right of the vine when they ripen. Basically we only have four different things I grow but it does keep an old guy busy.
This is looking up the garden and you can see the zucchini are doing exceptional.
The bigger tomatoes are doing well. My youngest grandson helped with the pictures. He enjoys using the camera.
The zucchini are producing, we had one grilled the other day and it was delicious. You can see FG shoes in the shot.
The cherry tomatoes are full size and should be ready within a week.
There are two types of peppers and they should also be ready next week. I love fried peppers and fried zucchini. I know it's not good for you but I also eat them grilled.
This is some good eating and grown organically with no chemicals this year. Rain has been really constant to keep everything going.
My nephews son is such a cutie and is digging into that ice cream cone.
I caught a big Channel cat this past week - 5# 26" long on a crappie rig. It had the pole doubled in half as I fought it in. This fish was released to grow larger.
The Black Crappie are starting to bite and as the Fall approaches the bite should improve. They run from 11" to 9" and are good fighters on ultralight outfits. This is part of the catch. I call them footballs because of their shape.
I hope you enjoyed the variety in this post.
