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WARNING after reading this you could feel…

…jealousy, feelings of being less than or not worthy of. Or you might be pondering, “How do they do that? I wish my garden looked half as good.” Insert any cliché that pertains to people being jealous of THE GARDEN OF JONES.

This is Erica & my second attempt at tending to a garden. The first was in California; that garden did a great job of feeding all the deer in the neighborhood. Since then I have been determined to try gardening again. Earlier this spring I went to the rental center, rented a rototiller and cleared a small patch of dirt for the garden.

As a result of the Master Gardener course Erica took last winter, we had some great resources about what to plant in our area. I also asked the locals what to plant and, more importantly, when to plant. After gathering all this info we planted our garden over the course of a few weeks.

So far we have enjoyed the following: lettuce, onions, cucumbers, tomatoes (Roma & cherry), eggplants, peppers (hot and bell) and zucchini.

Next year - watch out folks! After our first Pacific Northwest gardening season behind us, we are going to pull out all the tricks from up our sleeves. We are even thinking about starting a booth at the local farmers market…