Hey all!
Well, it's the end of the semester and the end of my little garden. This experience has been valuable to me. I've learned several things about gardening. It's more work than I thought it would be. I did harvest some vegetables over the semester. I got a ton of green beans, a couple of squash, cilantro and some broccoli. The freeze hit us hard and I lost all of my tomato plants, my bean plants, my squash plant and my cauliflower. I was really sad about the cauliflower. My struggles this semester have been with weeds! Hand weeding takes so much work! The weeds seemed to return as fast as I could pull them! Obviously the cold was another challenge. Even in Florida we still have some cold nights. I still have my cabbage growing and another broccoli plant that I'm waiting to harvest. I'm giving them a little time to grow before I harvest them. All in all it was a good experience. I will say that working on my garden, even though it was dirty and time consuming, was very relaxing. It was nice to get out there during the week outside of class and just pull weeds and let my mind wander or listen to music. I see why a lot of people take up gardening as a hobby. It can be very therapeutic. I also got to share some good conversations with my classmates and had a great teacher who knows a lot about gardening and is patient and willing to help with whatever he can. I don't know that I'll jump right in to growing a big garden in my own yard, but I'm glad I took this class.
Thanks for reading!
Amanda
