How does Your Garden Grow?

Alright, does anyone out there have a garden this year?   hello hellowww  hellllllooooooo???

We havent had a garden since way before the children were born, many many years ago (who has time for that anymore?)  and the last time we had one we lived at a feedlot, im tellin ya the land was fertile! lol we had a very productive garden.  ok that was 20 years ago, since then i have only grown a couple tomato and green pepper plants.  BUT.........

THIS YEAR........  OMG what was i thinking....

The ground here is like clay, HARD, the water here is short... HA! we have ran out in the well a couple of times since we moved in (three months ago), guess its not very deep or some dumb thing... so not like i can just water to my hearts content and then still expect to get a shower, and it NEVER rains here, whats up with that anyway?  That brings me to another thought... this yard is just FILLED with trees and tons of lilac bushes, we had some small dry lilacs earlier, but never rain and a freeze after they started blooming, i hope next year is better, i would love to see them in full boom and smell them too!  our ones at our other house always bloomed for a long period of time...

Back to that garden thing.  I have planted a LOT of things that i have never planted before, so am kinda anxious to see if anything comes up? *g*  and would love your views and experiences!

We have, Red Potatoes, Radishes, bush beans and pole beans, Indian Corn (and still hoping to get some sweet corn from somewhere to put in for a late crop) TONS of Tomatoes and Green bell peppers.  I wanted some red peppers to put in also, but havent been able to find any plants anywhere.  Brussel sprouts, (tis my first time with that and am quite curious to see how that turns out.) cabbage, broccoli, lettuce, zuccini (first time with ALL of those also) cucumber, watermelon, a few varities of squash, and pumpkin.  Oh yeah,,, and asparagus (not sure that is going to pan out, it was in the box for a long time before we got it planted.)

I also planted a peach tree, 5 raspberry sticks, LOL altho 4 of them actually got some leaves, i would have never guessed from the shape they were in. a green grape and a purple grape, strawberries and a blueberry (stick) (not sure he is going to come out of his stupor). 

Also tons of various plants/flowers... in the ground, in planters and in the house.

I have also planted a lot of fresh herbs, first time doing this also, im way excited about that!  not cause i cook or anything.... AND some catnip, i think my lil kitties are gonna like that!  or at least i hope so, i KNOW my cat at the daycare would think he had died and gone to heaven. RIght now i just have a small, injured, spayed female and two very frightened wild kittens.

I am looking for your experiences and advice!