Gardening Goodness!

In the chilly month of March, we began our gardening journey of 2020. We purchased a variety of seeds to try again, as last year we seemed to only be successful with pumpkins, eggplants, and squash. This year we germinated 20 varieties of seeds indoors! Our kitchen turned into a greenhouse overnight with watering systems and grow lights everywhere!
When the third week of May rolled around myself and my sister took two days time and meticulously planted the garden. This year I had access to a tractor attachment that laid out the weed tarp for me! This would have taken me 4 hours to do, but with the tractor it too maybe 20minutes!
After the field was tilled and the tarp was laid my sister went through and torch holes into the tarp approximately 18 inches apart. This allowed for speedy planting of our now seventy little sprouts. Two days later and with lots of sore muscles we remained victorious in planting every single one of our seedlings. 
Unfortunately, the weather was not as kind to the sprouts as we would have liked. We lost the majority of our peppers and eggplant due to the heat and most of our tomato sprouts due to pests. Luckily, I had both friends and family who are gardeners as well, so I was able to secure not only tomato plants to add into the garden, but some peppers, eggplants, brussel sprouts, and cut flowers too!
Now, being the beginning of July, the garden is looking great! The green onions and lettuce we have been harvesting for weeks now. And most everything has blooms and/or fruit perched on the branches. To keep the pests away from the greens we have been using Neem oil twice a week and we will continue to do so until harvest. In the next few weeks we will be able to bring in our first big vegetable hall from the garden and we are sure ready for ratatouille!