Growing Veggies
It’s been a great many years – I won’t say HOW many – since I’ve grown a vegetable garden. I admit that I have missed watching the veggies peek above ground, grow, and turn into yummy stuff to eat.
I especially liked to observe the green peppers form into little hands, then grow into the roundish goodies so delightful to eat. And the purple bush beans that are fun to watch while they turn green as they cook. And, of course, to see the zucchini multiply.
The Back Story
This is the year I grow a veggie garden. My handyman, Aaron, built me a garden box. Chicken wire covers it on all sides, including the bottom. That should keep those critters out! The two lids are for bird protection so eventually I get to eat my veggies with no interference.
Once the box was built, I ran into my next dilemma. How to fill it with dirt. My landscaper would have to charge the moon and find a dirt supplier. Next I went directly to the dirt supplier to find out that he could deliver dirt, in my driveway, and effectively block my garage door. But my dirt order was too small for him to consider. Garage problem already solved. But no dirt. Well, okay. I would have had to remove the driveway dirt one spoonful (shovel) at a time. No.
Last resort. I made multiple trips to the garden store to buy bags of dirt. It took several days since my car trunk is small. And my back and legs are talking to me. But it’s a done deal. There is dirt in my box. And it was way cheaper on the pocketbook anyway. That’s a win.
The seeds are planted. BIG WIN! Now to wait for those yummies to show up.
Garden Boxes at Wild Rose Island Camp
You might not know, but Dawn Cooper brought a new tradition to Wild Rose Island Camp, as she came to help out her grandparents for the summer. Her job at her NGO was to grow food in refugee camps in garden boxes.
It gave her the great idea to give teens at camp the opportunity to volunteer to build the boxes, which they did enthusiastically, even if the skunk smell still hung around the boys after that encounter at the Loop the Lake Bike Race the week before teen camp.
Junior High and elementary kids planted seeds and did some weeding on their weeks at camp. They were so proud of their accomplishment.
Dawn’s plan was to sell the produce at the Wild Rose Ridge Farmers Markets and the proceeds would provide for camper scholarships each year.
“Read all about it,” as the old newspaper boys used to shout, and go grab your e-reader!
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