Why Start From Scratch?

So, until this past weekend, I had been planning to do some gardening but just hadn’t found the appropriate time and weather to get started.

This would be my first attempt at planting directly in the ground in North America. In the past, I only had potted plants and they did well. Though the most exciting part for me in the past I must say had always been the harvest😁. I just love to see the produce. I get so excited 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾 and for those who know me well, you know that a camera goes to work when I get excited. Yeah, I keep records of my harvest. But really who doesn’t😜

Anyway, prior to Saturday, I watched a few YouTube videos on how to get the soil ready. Got some tools I didn’t have. And purchased the most important things: the plants and the soil.

Got my tools out after a good Saturday morning breakfast; pancakes, rice, and beans😂. The pancakes were on the menu and the boys were in charge but my hubby also wanted to clean out the left overs in the fridge hence the rice and beans. (Side note: I tend to keep too many little Leftovers bowls all over the fridge-hubby, not like me)

Anyway, I got help moving what I needed from the garage to the yard. And company removing rocks as I dig them out. Blessing of having a big son and look alike 😜 He may be interested in the harvest too.

One thing I didn’t prepare for was how hard the soil was. In the video I saw, I learned I needed to break the fallow ground. That was some serious hard labor I hadn’t done since my high school days in Nigeria. Yep! High schools trained us to be real farmers back then.

Here is a picture of me doing the hardest work of digging.

I doubt if you can tell how hard it was. Thank God for full-time Farmers that keep food out our tables and for Engineers that create equipment that make farming easier on the larger scale.

The rain stopped me on Saturday so I planned to continue after church on Sunday, but enjoyed some Netflix time with the family (watching Supergirl- not bad). I remember it felt a bit odd that I suddenly had a free schedule but hey, I enjoyed it. I completely forgot about my farming work until it was too dark out. Imagine if farmers forget to work hehe😏

Anyway, first thing today, I continued my work. Here is the picture of the bed with all the rocks are out and the new soil in ready for planting.

Oh, I forgot to add that I am cheating on what really to plant 😜. I can explain. You see, unlike most people I only have a few months until I switch homes again. So I asked the lady at the garden center what was best. I took her advice and got thé already grown plants.

Here are images of my plants

Yeah! I already have tomatoes and peppers and a bit of lettuce. In fact, why did I call it cheating? I won’t call that cheating I’ll call it being smart 😎

For real, why do I need to waste my time and energy to start from scratch when someone else has already done that?

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Back to farming, I hope to share my harvest later, hope everything turns out well. And I plan to add more plants now that I know how much space I have left. I am considering leaving the tomatoes in the pot. Let me know if you think that’s a good idea (for all my pro farmers out there.)

Thanks for reading the long post. Enjoy your week!

Olu.