If you live in Michigan, or anywhere in the midwest for that matter, you know we have had tons and tons of rain this season. Most crops have struggled and the fields around our house have crops no bigger than shin high, which is very small for this time of year. We have been working to try and combat the rain to the best of our ability. Luckily we have sand in our soil so the water does not stay on our piece of property very long.

Our garden was beaming with life at the beginning of summer and now that we are hopefully through the major rains I can tell you what has survived. We are honestly doing really well compared to the rest of West Michigan. Our Zucchini squash, mini watermelons, mini pumpkins and spearmint/peppermint plants are doing fantastic! The watermelon is taking over over half of a row and just beginning to bloom, yay! My eggplants are struggling a bit but they can be a little sensitive... now that they have been covered in neem oil to deter the bugs and now that the land is less saturated they can do their thing! My tomatoes have been super slow this year but they are still trying their hardest to produce blooms. Lord willing, we will have a few tomatoes by the end of the month to report back. Unfortunately, the things that didn't survive are the peppers, rosemary, and basil. I had to go out this week and but new rosemary and basil plants to put into the garden because of the lack of seeds that made it through the storms. We did have a few surprise success thought that were new to us this year. We really assumed the puny plants were not going to make it but they came back with full force, so we will be having some cauliflower! I have never grown this so I had no idea what was supposed to happen but it is loving being in the garden and it has been so happy with all the rain.

We are looking forward to reporting back in a few weeks with what we gather from the garden, it will be a plentiful year!