Seeing is believing. We are very pleased with our garden this year. We've already had twice as many vegetables that are shown here this year, but when you wait too long to snag a picture.....they get eaten!! Tim and I also had our first canning "party" this year last week. We made a batch of dill pickles, bread and butter pickles and salsa. There is nothing better than knowing you won't starve. We are anxiously waiting for the melons and the gourds to ripen and the beans have fed us for three dinners already. Lots more than we had last year.
We've only had one nonproducing bush this year. One of the cherry bushes has perished. Since the other 5 are growing and thriving, I'm not sure what might have gone wrong. We have a replacement waiting in the wings though. We cultivated a seedling from the combination cherry tree out front and its growing nicely. We'll bring it in for the winter and plant it next spring.
