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We’re lucky enough here to have two growing seasons, which is a good thing since my first-ever attempt at gardening didn’t produce very many edible results. (We got one carrot out of the deal. One!) But I did learn a lot from it, so much so that my corn has gone from this:

Attempt #1

To this, so far:

Attempt #2

So from a maximum height of 3 ft tall during attempt #1, to a (so far) height of about 6 feet sounds promising. I so hope we get some good ears from it. We are also likely to triple our carrot-yield, since there are 3 growing this time. Plus I have two snap pea plants that are just a few weeks old.

The biggest thing I’ve learned from this experiment is that gardening takes a lot of skill and practice. And there are so many reasons to bring the idea of a home-garden back: healthier local food being chief among them. I’m looking forward to what the next few weeks will bring.

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