Growing Pains in Eden

This has been the summer of rain! This rain has defiantly been the biggest difficulty we have faced in the garden this summer. We have well over 100 tomato plants planted, and after a certain donation we are probably close to 150! Our tomato plot has been affected by the water most obviously. For a week we let tomatoes sit in standing water with the hope It might stop raining. Unfortunately our patience was not beneficial and we had to take action against the gathering of water. Step one was to dig a hole for the water to gather in this hole is about four feet long two feet wide and two feet deep. In addition to the hole we dug a few channels for the water to flow into the hole. Our second course of action involved using cotton string to wick the standing water away from the base of the tomato plants. Every day even multiple times of day we have bailed hundreds of gallons of water out of this hole five gallons at a time. I almost don’t want to mention it just in case the r...

What does life have in store  for me next? I have been giving this some thought lately and there are so many options available to me. the plethora of options is freeing and overwhelming at the same time. My first option for after graduation is to do a solo tour of Europe for 1-2 months. Even with in this option there are many options starting off with Hitting every tourist spot in a backpacking style tour of Europe Mixing in actual tours through travel agents and such WWOOF . World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. This would in tale an organic farm providing me room and board in exchange for 4 hours of labor a day. Seems like a pretty good deal and would be a great opportunity for hands on experience and education Another option is have is to tour the united states. This option does take a back seat to touring Europe simply because I have driven form the Mississippi to the pacific ocean a couple of times even though I was rather young. For...

At The Garden we have three different wheelbarrows that are all different. The first is possibly older than me.. small and only pulled out when the other two are unavailable. The second is a traditional one wheeled sturdier wheelbarrow. Lastly the third is a two wheeled more heavy duty wheelbarrow. All three have admirable qualities but they are most defiantly not synonymous with one another. Honestly wheelbarrow number one is verging on being a yard ornament but has come in useful a few times. I would never recommend someone going out and buying one, and that's where I'm going leave it. The second more traditional one wheeled wheelbarrow is probably what you would find somewhat common in households. This one is a good multipurpose wheelbarrow and the one I would rate the highest but more on that later. Lastly there is the double wheeled durable and sturdy wheelbarrow. Although by looks alone, many people would gravitate toward it because they it will be easier and...