Our Summer Garden

Our Garden is starting to look pretty good. We purchased two small plots from the John Day Community Garden: A Plot of Gold, for a very minimal price.

This photo shows that I've tried to squeeze a lot of produce into one small 5x10 plot. I've planted two bell pepper (green & purple) plants, a tomato plant, radishes, cilantro, Lettuce (red leaf & romaine), and am still waiting to see if my spinach will sprout.


This plot, also a 5x10, has carrots, kalyrabi, leeks, onions (red and candy, brocollii, cabbage, speghetti squash and cucumber. I've really never gardened before, so this summer is my garden experiment. I'm keeping a journal, so hopefully in the future I'll have more knowledge on what does or doesn't work here in John Day's short, hot growing season.


Hannah is a big helper, today she's watering the garden with me. However, usually she's just eating the dirt.