Reply #56: Oh my... you reminded me of something.. [View All]

[SoCalDem]

When we lived in New mexico I had a lovely fenced in garden 40' by 40'. I had never had such a big space, and was determined to have a successful garden. We asked the farmer who sold us our hind quarter if we could have some manure.. he gladly obliged and we spread on manure and tilled the garden.. Planted the garden and had SOD .. His beef was grass raised..and well.. the manure came loaded with grass seed :)

I also planted 14 zucchini plants. I could have mass markets those things.. I also planted (in a separate area) 8 mounds of water melons (4 seeds to a mound)..

Our WHOLE yard was overrun with melons.. Every morning before breakfast the boys would have to "check on the baby melons "..

Those were the best melons ever !!

I had beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, carrots (fizzled), and some other stuff..

We had to abandon the garden when my then 2-yr old started "finding" rattlesnakes in the yard :scared: I killed one with a hoe, and was too afraid to go out back after that.. That was the ONLY critter I ever deliberately killed :cry: