Garden

We planted a garden in May, but while we were in Carlsbad a squirrel ate most of it.  Before we left on our trip we had peas, green beans and cucumbers all sprouting and growing.  When we came home they were all gone!  This is is the area that was eaten down to the stubs. 

We still have tomatoes, green peppers and a few onions (most of the onions have been eaten).  I planted zucchini three different times and finally they sprouted and are growing.  We planted more cucumbers and put walls of water around them to protect them from the squirrels. 

We planted potatoes in the planter boxes that go down the side yard and they are doing great.  The deer have only nibbled on them a little bit. 

I planted cilantro in the front yard planter and it's producing! I love how there is a deer track right in the middle of the cilantro.  It's hard to grow anything here!

 We built a fence around the garden to keep the deer and rabbits out.  They were ruining the garden before we put up the fence.  We also borrowed our friend's pellet gun and got rid a few rabbits that were destroying our grass.  (Sorry to any of you rabbit lovers out there.  It's legal in NM to get rid of them -- we checked.)  Dave and Jack built a trip a couple of months ago and we've caught a couple of squirrels in it that we've relocated a few canyons over.

We have an apricot tree in our front yard and got to pick apricots this week!

I made 24 jars of apricot jam and then we gave most of the other apricots away to neighbors and friends.