But life happened, in the form of my mom becoming so sick they put her in a medically induced comma. The stress of her unexpected illness both monetarily and emotionally put a hold on any garden plans. But it is a new year, mom is home and well on her way to a full recovery (YAY!) and I'm lured in again by the dream of home grown vegetables.
Square foot gardening is basically growing veggies in a 4X4 raised garden bed instead of the traditional row method. It is ideal for growing your own food when space is limited, or in my case you don't want the daunting task of taking care of an enormous tilled garden for your first time out.
Emily over at www.mysquarefootgarden.net has a fantastic site dedicated to her journey into Square Foot Gardening. It provides lots of information from the community of SFB folks, including lots of great photos and How Tos.
I went out to purchase my seeds today from Home Depot. Three types of tomatoes, four types of peppers, broccoli, herbs, watermelon, cantaloupe, cucumbers, zucchini, radishes, beats, pea pods, green beans, spinach and lettuce and a partridge in a pear tree. OK, not the last... maybe next year. Sound ambitious? Oh Yes... but then I do have this tendency to jump in head first and come up for air later. So we'll see how this all works out.
My dear husband helped me plant the seeds for the tomatoes and peppers. I think it brings back memories from his childhood. I know images of canned vegetables from my childhood are dancing in my head while he is remembering fresh cucumber's in vinegar. Here is hoping my thumb is more green then black in the coming months!
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