GOT 'R DONE!

The fall garden of my dreams just wasn't meant to be this year. The drought has really had an impact, both physically and mentally - we're just too afraid to risk our water well on produce to sell. If the drought magically breaks, we've still got time to get plants in the ground, but time is getting short.

Big John and I decided we'd plant just for ourselves this season. It was a tough decision - we'd had so much fun at the Saturday markets, and people have been asking me when we'd have vegetables again. But we have too many creatures depending on this well, so we made the choice. I bought a few plants a couple of weeks ago, with good intentions to get them popped into the ground ... and two weeks later, we finally did!

We gathered our plants, our supplies, and our helpers.

Blue was the only volunteer.

But he didn't last long! Blue wasn't made for workin' hard.

When you're this beautiful, you shouldn't have to work!

This season, we're testing landscape cloth as a weed barrier. We laid that over the rows and secured it.

Then we cut slits and slid the transplants in.

And viola! Tomatoes, bell peppers, broccoli and cabbage are planted!

Just bring on the rain and the cooler weather - we're all set!