My garden has been in the ground for about 1 month now and it's coming along nicely. This is one of the first year I've really went all out and this thing is massive. We have plans to do some extensive freezing, canning, preserving and sharing to use up everything in it.

I've tried a couple different things to get better results than previous years and so far it's paying off. I have found the soil to be pretty dense with lots of clay so in the past it seamed new plants and seeds had a hard time starting out, so I used some triple mix, commercial soil along the rows which seams to be working out quite well. I do plan to addend the soul quite heavily over the next few years, with lots of compost and organic matter and think this will really help.

The seeds I started in the house and young plants I planted from the greenhouse have been doing much better than the seeds I sowed directly in the garden and I think I'll be doing much more of that over the next years as well.

I've already spent about one full day hoeing and weeding but seem to be falling behind again and think that will certainly be a constant struggle.