Youth and our Backyard Gardens

We have been gardening even on our mission.  Putting together a Youth Garden for part of the Native American Initiative inspired us to also put one in our backyard.  We enjoyed many yummy vegetables from our efforts out of our pallet garden





This is the Youth Garden that Elder Allsop and Bro. Hank Nelson planned and constructed.  The best economical fencing was using dog kennel panels.  We didn't get it all done and planted until 2nd week of June.  Except for the watermelon plants the Youth planted from seed in April, all plants did very well.  The watermelon got an aphid and suffered.

 Elder Allsop did most all the work tending the gardens.  He eventually constructed a irrigation system with pvc piping and set it on a timer for watering.  The garden required very little weeding.

In late August and September when most of the plants were producing vegetables, we invited anyone who came to Youth Night to pick and take home anything they would truly use and eat.

We were delighted at the enthusiasm as they loved the cucumbers, carrots, onions, peppers and zucchini.  They weren't too interested in the green beans, but that was understandable.

It was sad to pull up the plants and dismantle the fencing to put things away because of our transfer to Colstrip in September.



Our backyard garden has also been so much fun and enjoyment.

There was a cement pad in our backyard where a shed use to stand.  Also a stack of cinder blocks.  Our landlord allowed us to use them.  We also saw a queen size bed frame at the city dump that we brought home turned upside down, drilled holes in the bottom and used it for a planting bed.  Our garden was planted a couple of weeks before the Youth Garden and some of the plants were the results of seed planted months before and  nursed through the winter. Elder Allsop did amazing.