the fruits of my labor

You may remember this summer when I shared the beginnings of my first vegetable garden. My neighbor Beth and I (and some help from our husbands) tilled, built a fence, planted, weeded, waited...

and finally got some real homegrown vegetables! Some said the deer would jump right into our little garden and have a feast. Even still, Beth and I crossed our fingers and sprinkled a little Irish Springs soap around and hoped for the best.

For the most part, we actually grew things and even got to pick and eat our veggies! Delicious veggies that we watched ripen as the weeks went by.

I will be honest, we had our fair share of green tomatoes that turned brown before they turned red, misshapen green peppers, and I have an eggplant plant that refuses to do anything. BUT! We grew lots of things, and the deer never bothered any of it. I do, however, think that in late September some mangey animal (a squirrel probably) discovered our garden and nibbled on some of our zucchini. They never bothered the hot peppers-- but I lost many a zucchini to those dumb gray animals.

Anyway, I think for a first attempt we didn't do half bad. And to be honest after our planting season was over I didn't do a lot of garden maintenance. Maybe next year with some more tending we will have a more abundant garden! And a better plan to keep out all mangey animals...