It's difficult to grow things when you live in the woods. That's ironic considering all the natural growth springing up around us. There is one spot around our house that you would say receives "adequate" sunlight. That spot is our back porch. More specifically, that spot is the back, left corner of our porch. So last winter we bought a few pots, some soil, and several packages of seeds. After the first green sprouts broke through, we were optimistic about the garden we had created. What we've come to learn, however, is that you may do everything by the book and your work will yield results of varying success. The first picture here is a shot of our beautiful cucumber plants. They flowered in early June and are producing small cucumbers.





These are our tomato plants. No chance they'll produce tomatoes this year, and in all likelihood they will die before we ever have a plot sufficient enough for them to produce fruit. Nonetheless they make for a nice decorative piece on the deck.








This is our spinach crop.

Yeah, it sucks.

Can't wait for that spinach salad we'll be eating in 2012 . . . maybe.






I suppose that means we're 1 for 3. That's not bad if we're talking batting average. We'll look to improve on our results next year. For the time being, get excited about cucumber salad!!!