This was the second year of the garden (2014). First year was small due to Kelly & Drew’s wedding

We all started our seeds separate this year, decided next time we will have a plan of who starts what. Ended up with a ridiculous amount of pepper and tomato plants.

We had a mixture of tomatoes. Kelly successfully grew tomatoes from saves seeds! WIN. Unfortunately/ fortunately all the fruits were heavy with fruit! The plants were so heavy we had a lot of tomatoes on the ground. In the end we still got an amazing amount of tomatoes.

Our pepper plants suffered a sad year. We grew them from seed, we weathered them; they were the first recipient of our water barrel irrigation system. From the time we planted them in the ground to the time we pulled them out maybe grew an inch. Out of 40 plants maybe got 15 deformed small peppers (Tips?) We figured, maybe to windy in the middle of prairies, maybe need to start them earlier?

CORN- 2 years in a row we have now been able to produce any corn! Tips PLEASE. We’ve been telling everyone one we were going to do a corn roast, but have had no corn!

This is our first year with broccoli, Asian broccoli, and cauliflower- never again! The worms were a nightmare! Even after soaking in salt water time and time again. Disgusting!

Cucumber, potatoes, beets all did amazing!

Surprise crop of the year: Swiss chard! Convinced by Uncle Bruce to grow it, we found out its easy to grow, as well we like to eat it!

Another surprise as an experiment Kelly planted above ground pots of beans and peas along the fence line (instead of putting up trellises) we’ll never go back again. We’re adding more next year.

This year we added a pump on the water tank, which makes watering the garden less of a nightmare- and next year a bigger garden!

Kelly’s first year of trying to g Cucamelons-These plants are slow-growing when they are establishing themselves, but can eventually grow up to ten feet under proper conditions. They are drought resistant and pest-resistant relative to other cucumbers.[2] Similar to the cucumber, these plants produce both male and female flowers. These plants can fertilize themselves, but the flowers are not self-fertile. Flowers are small and yellow, about four millimeters in diameter. Fruits develop at the base of the female flower. Results were good. Seeds were collected to try and recreate in 2015

Kelly’s first year growing true potato seeds. Why not try them out in a bucket? Due to the Rain and lack of holes in the buckets most of the seeds rotted. Only one plant pulled through and only 2 potatoes off it, the size of a loonie- 3 plants grew out in the dirt, none of them flowered none produced Potatos? Tips?

Another surprise as an experiment Kelly planted above ground pots of beans and peas along the fence line (instead of putting up trellises) we’ll never go back again. We’re adding more next year.

This year we added a pump on the water tank, which makes watering the garden less of a nightmare- and next year a bigger garden!