I thought I'd start off by telling ya'll a little about my less than impressive gardening background. Even though I have minor experience with gardening, I think it wouldn't be appropriate to call myself anything other than a novice since I have never successfully grown/harvested anything from start to finish all by myself. So here goes!
I lived on a farm in Northern California with my mom, dad, and siblings until I was about 13 years old. I'm not exactly sure how many acres we lived on, but I know our farm was pretty big. We had many animals, a barn, and most important of all... a garden! It was my dad's garden to be exact and he'd grow it annually for many years. He grew a variety of fruits and vegetables and was very successful at it.
I remember him growing scallop squash, tomatoes, corn, zucchini, melons, and my personal favorite... cucumbers! As a kid, I liked to pick 'em right off the vine and eat them as a snack. So yummy razz Anyway, my dad taught me how to sow the seeds in the soil, how often to water them, how to harvest things when they were ripe, and how to defend the garden against tomato hornworms. When tomato hornworms attacked the plants (I swear this happened every year like clockwork), my duty was to peel them off the leaves and collect them in a bucket to throw out to the chickens later for a treat.
I have many fond and pleasant memories of being in the garden but none of those memories include me actually doing a whole lot of gardening work sweatdrop I do recollect times where I helped my mom weed the flower beds and collect seeds from flowers nearing the end of their growing cycle. Those are very minor tasks though and nothing to really boast about.
That's pretty much the entirety of my gardening experience other than an attempt at growing sweet pea in my high school's green house which didn't end very well... They may or may not have died a week after bringing them to my house ninja So as you can see, I am indeed a novice gardener who's had more experience eating garden fresh food than actually growing it.
It'll be interesting to see how this pumpkin patch works out don't ya think?
