Day 82

Tomato trees!

Day 64

 Little tomatoes!

Day 54
We added a second layer of cages on two of the tomatoes, since they've gotten so tall. We need to pick up another cage the correct size for the third plant.

Day 49
A radish!

The deer have enjoyed the green bean salad bar we planted for them. 

 But the tomatoes still look great!

Day 47

Day 36

Day 34

Day 22
We've been busy and had internet connection issues, so this update is a day or so behind. Beans, radishes, and kale are quickly sprouting! Guess the seeds had more life in them than I thought.

 This is sprouting kale:

 These are the beans:

 Radishes (beside the marigolds):

 The girth of the tomato plants is impressive for their size:

Day 16
Planted some kale and spinach seeds. We'll have to water all the seeds once or twice per day at least until they germinate.

Mendi cut up an empty yogurt container to make markers so we can remember what we planted where! She wrote the plant name, date planted, hybrid type, and projected days to maturity. High tech.

Day 15

More progress pics! Slowly expanding the garden. Not pictured: Mendi planted a couple radishes for pest control and some late green beans. The seeds are a little old, so we'll see if they germinate.

Day 12

Progress pics! Daniel mowed again, so we've used the grass clippings to cover garden area we have not yet prepared. This is in hopes to kill the grass underneath to make it easier to pull up and expand the garden plot. The plants are growing, and the garden is looking less like a grave!

Day 9

The garden spot is now a little more than a week old. The tomato and marigold plants have grown visibly! We bought a bag of mushroom compost to sprinkle over the top and will water it in. This will hopefully help to enhance the nutrient content of our soil.

Daniel noticed that the grass had died under the pile of chunks we created when we dug up the grass for our garden plot. This gave him the idea to use the dead grass chunks to help kill the grass around the garden space to make expansion easier.

Day 3

Daniel added tree branch clippings, and I had to hurry to get some tomatoes and marigolds planted before the ground was too wet from rain. The clippings camouflage the very small plants, but you can see where I placed stakes directly behind the tomato seedlings.

Day 2 - Expanding the garden

Part 2

Day 1

The purpose of this blog is to chronicle our journey as we begin our Eden Garden project. The idea for this came from the video that our friend Pete Torcivia shared with us. If you have never watched the original Back to Eden film by Paul Gautschi, please do so. It is a blessing. In the video he tells about his walk with God and the lessons the Lord taught Paul about Himself through gardening. Paul shares the sustainable concept of organic gardening the Lord showed him as he sought His help with his gardening challenges. Watch the film for free at www.backtoedenfilm.com. There you can also find instructions on how to begin your own Back to Eden Garden.

Here is our introductory video.

This is Mendi. She was not in any way prepared to be featured in a public video, but here she is talking about the purpose of mulch.

A bit of the property - tree from The Shire

Somehow we thought we were recording the ceremonial breaking of ground on our first Eden Garden section, but we weren't. So, this is shortly thereafter while we're still prepping the area.

Ready for covering - all glory goes to the Lord!

Placing the covering

And that's it for today, folks!