Second Attempt

Last year, I began chronicling our attempt to be healthier eater via a vegetable garden (see here for original post).  I wrote of my excitement over the growth of our first vegetable (see here for details), as well as the pathetic demise of our garden--if you could ever really call it a garden (see here).  Overall, it was a very disappointing year for us as our garden slowly succumbed to our black thumb of death.  This however, has not prevented us from again attempting to grow a vegetable garden.

After much pondering, we believe the reasons for the demise the garden to be three-fold:
1) We planted much too late in the year
2) We did not water enough
3) The deceivingly adorable, secretly evil bunnies ate it

This year, we have attempted to remedy last year's issues by doing the following:
1) We planted much earlier (June instead of August--there is still much improvement to be made in this area next year, but we were otherwise occupied having a baby this year)
2) I am making a concerted effort to water the garden on a daily basis (the nightly lawn watering just doesn't cut it)
3) Getting rid of the rabbits has proven to be quite a challenge. They not only robbed me of any home-grown salads last year, but they have also sought to destroy our newly laid sod.  But we have addressed this issue, though I'm not at liberty to discuss the details of this further.  Let's just say that Aaron has, um, "taken care of" the rabbit issue with one of the skills acquired at his job.

Thus far, I am happy to report that our garden is doing quite well ( Maybe a little too well in areas.  Our tomato plant is a little out of control, but fortunately the enormity of it does not yet seem to be hindering the growth of nearby vegetables).  And we've already had our first yield (I ate home-grown tomatoes on my hamburger this afternoon)!  I'm looking forward to lots more tomatoes, along with peppers, zucchini, cucumber and strawberries!

The tomato plant before it got out of control