All summer long I've been getting compliments on my garden. Since I don't have a lot of sun in the backyard, I decided to experiment with the sunny front yard. There was a patch of empty clay soil which is challenging to grow anything. I put a little fence in the shape of a square on the patch near the sidewalk. I added a few bags of soil and mixed in some fertilizer. I knew I wanted to focus on zucchini and cucumbers like my grandfather used to grow. Zucchini like fertilizer in the soil at planting so I mixed it in right before. Success! the plant blossomed, neighbors were constantly stopping by to admire my small garden...

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