Gardening by Cathy

“Interestingly enough, I do have a BIG garden. My husband Tom laid it out but since, his disease (Alzheimer’s) has incapacitated him, I do it all. Our whole garden is 6000 sq. ft. We have irrigation set up for 25 rows that are about 35 ft. long. We have 2 rows of asparagus that are about 65 feet long. We have a strawberry patch too within these confines. Last year because I was working alone, I only used 12 rows but was remarkably successful. We harvested over 300 ears of the most wonderful sweet corn you ever ate! We bought it from Henry Fields Seed Company…Bodacious and Honey and Pearl. Both were the absolute best ever!! My melons (both my cantaloupe and watermelons) along with my squash won blue ribbons at the Gila County Fair so I felt very good. I should tell you about my watermelons. I bought them at Wal-Mart. They were called Moon and Stars (??!!) and they were the biggest (about 38 – 40 lbs.), best things you ever ate. I had 22 of them and gave many away. We thought they were the best melons we ever ate as did many of the people I gave them to. Anyway, if you want to take a flyer, give ‘em a try! I might add that our soil quality here is poor, a lot of clay. We have worked hard at enriching it. I have added probably in 5 years at least 300 bags of processed manure plus 50 bags of Amend (a product meant to break up clay soil) and this spring hope to add possibly 50 bags of forest mulch. That will do it for soil improvement. I’m thinking that our robust garden of last year was a tribute to my soil improvement program.”

Can anyone guess where in the United States that Mary has her garden? Please do comment and see how many are close to the right answer!

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