So far we have in two rows of lettuce plants, 4 rows of lettuce seeds in various stages of development, and two rows of spinach seeds. We still have to get our green beans in. Danika is so excited about the green beans. She tells everyone we meet that we are growing greenie beanies for her! This is the first year we'll have a garden at our new house. Part of the reason we bought the house is that it has such a lovely raised garden bed, but the years we bought the house we didn't move in until the end of July and Danika was only 5 months old, so I didn't even try. Last summer I planted some zucchini but I neglected it terribly and the rabbits ate the plants. This year we have installed rabbit-proof fencing. We have an unbelievable amoutn of rabbits around here!

All the books I read about gardening make it sound so complicated, but when I was growing up my mom had a huge (1/4 acre) garden that she grew an astonishing variety of veggies and corn in. And I don't remember her doing anything hi-tech to it. She basically planted the stuff, kept it weeded, and let it go! I hope it's that easy. One of my best friends has a degree in sustainable agriculture and organic gardening (from Evergreen State in Oregon), so she'll be able to help me if I run into problems.

The neighbors are going to use the back half of our garden to grow tomatoes. They have a daughter that is one day older than Danika, so we enjoy working outside together while the girls play. And now that we have a swingset up, Danika entertains herself quite well outside.

Danna =]