Goat Day 8: Achievement Unlocked

For years, I’ve always wanted to be able to plant something, anything really, and have it not die. I was always scared to take up a new hobby, especially one that I knew nothing about. I grew tired of always wanting to do it, but just letting the summer slip away. This year, I just did it (no Nike affiliation).

Maintaining a vegetable garden is no joke, especially when you are starting from nothing. I wanted to plant a large variety of things, and just see what grew. After a lot of research, I decided to make a “Square Foot Garden”, which is basically cramming a lot of stuff in a tiny space.

I grew all my plants from seed (although I started a little late in the season), and had mixed results, but the important thing is, I have results.

Rather than show you the garden, here are a few things I made today with some of the ingredients that I have a ton of. In addition to this, I’ve got peppers, squash, zucchini, green onions, beans, carrots, and some other stuff I can’t remember.

Garden Salad:

Cucumber Salad (Pretty much just vinegar/sugar/tomatoes/dill/red onion)

Cucumber version of Tam Mak Hoong (Spicy)

I ran into some issues, like thrips, bottom rot, Japanese beetles, and these fat nasty tomato worms:

With each problem, came a lesson, which I will use for many growing seasons to come.

Do you have any recently acquired skills or accomplishments you are proud of? Or do you have any gardening tips for me?