The Garden at Ocoee Farm is Starting to Come Together!

I feel like every day some king of big change is happening at the farm…and that’s probably because it is!

Our friend Dixie, who’s been staying at the farm the last few months and helping us with the animals, started a garden a while back. It was filled with squash and zucchini and corn and watermelons, among other things. The only problem was she didn’t have the proper gardening tools to really get it to where it needed to be, so it was needing a little help.

However, PJ started tweaking it the other night and completely turned it around in a day or two. And now it looks like this!

The kiddos and I helped (and I use the term “help” term very loosely here) PJ plant corn on the half of the garden that he’s been working on. There’s still the entire right side to do that I conveniently forgot to take a picture of :).

There’s also garlic and squash and tomatoes and a few other veggies planted, and lettuce will be planted in the fall. How exciting is that? They chose to put the garden in a spot that gets the most amazing afternoon sun so all the delicious veggies planted should do really well there if everything goes according to plan.

PJ grew up working in the garden with his grandma so he knows his stuff when it comes to keeping one. I, on the other hand, have absolutely no idea about gardening, so all of this is new and fresh and exciting for me to see and help with. And by help with, I mean hand PJ the hoe when he needs one and drop the seeds in the little holes while the kids cover them with dirt.

Look at those gorgeous tomatoes!! I can’t wait to taste them, because does anything taste better than fresh vegetables? Especially in the summer? The answer is a resounding no.