my garden

I've been wanting a garden for years now and now I am finally able to have one at our new apartment complex. I've decided to start small and expand next year.  My mom bought me two pumpkin plants and they are doing great!  I've weeded them and watered them and told them I love them every night.  I've even kept them in my prayers so that they will actually grow.

I thought it would be fun to grow some pumpkins so come October, we can carve them.  I love having a garden! Even if it only consists of two plants.

This is a few weeks after I planted them.  I am very pleased with their growth!

 So here is the end result of our garden.  I feel bad that I didn't keep up with the picture taking.  The plant got huge and all of our neighbors new us as the people with the pumpkins.  I couldn't believe how big the biggest one got.  It took two people to pick it up and bring it inside. We made so much pumpkin puree and had so much left over that we brought it to our church and gave it away to the others.  I think that is a reason why I love gardens so much.  If there is a lot left, it gives me the opportunity to serve others by sharing our garden. I felt really good inside being able to give to others.

I definitely want to try this again when garden season begins.  I also want to attempt tomatoes.  I love to garden!  I'm excited to get a house someday so I can have a bigger space to work with.  But our little section of dirt works just fine for now.