Starting small is a good idea. I was surprised at how much you can get out of a small garden.

You are right about that. I sure wish i could do small. Im just not cut out for it. I bet a fella could grow enough vegetables in a 50'x50' spot to feed his family all year if he really took good care of it and used every bit of it.

I'm thinking about doing just a few small elevated beds. I don't have a tractor or a ton of room on my property.

It's not too late. You can get some tomato's ad squash in before the frost.

I also was made to work a garden when I was a kid. I hated it but, it taught me hard work and responsibility. So that's why I do it today with my kids. Sure they don't like it and have an attitude but maybe it'll help them learn something they don't realize is being taught. Also the older I get the more I like to see something grow and sunrises. I love watching the sunrise and piddle in the garden for a min before my busy work day starts.

I also swore when i was growing up if i could get away from a farm, i would never be back. I just bought my second piece of property to farm last year. I bought an extra acre when we bought where were living now because it looked like a good garden spot. Qe also rent two orchards. I really dont know how this happened but it seems to be who i am now. Turns out im the same guy my daddy was and his daddy.

I never liked it growing up but really enjoy it now. I wish I would've listened and asked why they were doing what they were doing.

Picked some more cucumbers and squash today at lunch. I've learned that 2 cucumber plants are 1 too many for my family. I've got them running out my ears.

My wife and I were sitting on the back porch Saturday morning looking down at our garden. We started talking about what a blessing it had been this year to give away all that we did ... the garden is starting to wind down, but we've had the opportunity to give away so many jars of homemade salsa, tomatoes, squash, zucchinis, jalapenos and peas. We watched our grandchildren and nieces and nephews pick peaches, pears, blueberries and blackberries. Each time I walk down there to work (I call it work, mostly it's an escape for me) I don't think about what I am going to get out of my garden, but what we will be able to give ... thats why we do it.

Bless you bud !

Well that will bring a tear to your eye. Thanks for your input friend.

I grew up working a garden and I grow one currently

Once you start it's hard to stop

Nothing beats the taste and satisfaction of growing and eating and giving away food

Once you get set up and all your supplies and equipment, the rest is almost free. Just labor and it keeps you fit.

I harvested 130 watermelon in my tiny yard. Tons of cucumbers and tomatoes and 6 gallon of black berries

I grew up in Grand Bay AL and picked watermelons every summer from age 12-18. We used to pick 2 tractor trailer loads a day. 15-18 lb average. 1800 melons a load. I was turn row man and the stacker last 2 years. I touched every watermelon that came out of the field at least twice, usually 3 times. I definitely won't grow any watermelons. I don't even eat it anymore.

But I'm glad yall do. Keep those young boys working hard. 🤣

I am 30….every member of my family old enough to hoe has a garden….we have always grown large gardens. When it comes in…we eat what we want..and can eveything else….we can beans, stew maters, juice…freeze corn, cream corn…we can spend very little money and yield enough put up vegetables to last a couple years…we are just now finishing off beans and corn from 2020. I have 2 gardens..one about a half acre and another about a quarter acre..ours is playin out..im still gettin maters, canteloupes, and watermelons. I planted indian corn and pumpkins for the fall and they are gonna finish around the end of this month..hopefully..i also have indian indigo blue corn and giant pumpkins…soo…maybe i can show yall a picture of a big pumpkin🤠