How Does Your Garden Grow??

One of the things I was excited for moving to the country is planting and growing a garden. This year I planted:  

Peas

popcorn

sweet corn

purple corn

purple beans

3 kinds of carrots

4 kinds of potatoes

spaghetti squash

zucchini

gourds

cucumber

3 kinds of melons

spinach

arugula

3 kinds of lettuce

onions

purple onions

green onions

asparagus

strawberries

cherries

apples

chives

barley

My apple tree!

Corn

Potatoes

Peas

Barley

Pretty potato flower

This is my garden today...

Our community just got hit my a massive hail storm. They were the size of baseballs. The smallest hail were the size of golf balls.  We have massive damage to our vehicles, camper, and roof.  Our neighbours crops were destroyed. I can't imagine something like this happening to our ancestors, who couldn't afford to just run to the store to buy food. Their entire life revolved around growing and producing food and farming cash crops to provide for their families. I know how heart broken I am over my garden, I can't imagine what it would be like for them. I'm very sad today! I going to go curl up and eat ice cream and go to bed early, and deal with all this tomorrow.