Having a large vegetable garden has always been one of my life goals, and certainly factored into our choice of home. We arrived at our little farm in the summer of 2012 with plenty of optimism and plans, but not much in the way of experience or supplies. It was a pretty steep learning curve, frequently interrupted by growth in other parts of life as well. In fact, if it weren’t for the pandemic, I suspect the garden would still be half of its present size.

This spring, I finally reached a point where things didn’t feel or look under construction, where I could actually walk around the beds and enjoy the moment rather than focusing on the next project. So I made a timeline video to celebrate! That’s not to say that things aren’t always a work in progress — expansion is inevitable as long as we have the space — but it’s nice to reach a milestone.