Finally... there is a vegetable garden!

June 13th marked the day we were able to plant our corn and beans in the garden. We started this process several weeks ago and were constantly bombarded with rain and cold weather. The plowing that was done earlier only created dirt clods the size of soft balls or larger. This was not helpful when seeds need finer soil to sprout in. My husband plowed, plowed and plowed until the soil broke up into earth that was workable. After plowing the ground needs to be raked and then the rows are set. We string a metallic ribbon across each row to (attempt) keep the crows away. Supposedly the ribbon is enough to make them wary of entering the garden. Does it work? Maybe a little! :) Eventually we will put a fence around the garden...a temporary fence made out of field fencing. As we were working I noticed the moon just above the trees, in the sky. If you look closely you can see it. I wonder if the set of the moon will help with our garden success? They say it does.
Beans....pole beans...that means there will be some posts and wire put in place later so they can climb.
Corn...just needs lots and lots of water.
We also planted pumpkins, cucumbers, squash, tomatoes and flowers in this area. It will be 60 plus days before most of the vegetables are ready to harvest!!