Gardening...

...it's kind of related to food, right? With prices going up on fresh produce, hubby and I (mostly I) decided to join the parental units in gardening this year. My father has gardened for as long as I can remember, but pop never really invited me into the garden to help him that much. I was relegated to shelling peas, snapping beans, and canning everything!

Anyway, purchased seeds back in early March and sowed them at the end of that month after we had put down the fertilizer and tilled it in. Watered and weeded but something crazy happened....nothing. The only thing that struggled up was a few tufts of lettuce. Okay, that made me mad, because I've grown lettuce in pots before. So in the past month I have gone out and purchased plants. Tomatoes, Onions, Bell Peppers, Jalapenos, Squash, Cucumbers, and Broccoli (I have no more room). And my prize plant- Rosemary! Gnats are a pain but we're keeping it clear.

Along the way, dad told me some tricks...things I wish he had told me before because, guess what?! His seeds are coming up...the same packages that I had! But I digress. The important thing is, we're going to have fresh vegetables that previously would have most likely been out of out price range for any extended time. Hubby's already telling me what he would like: chicken fajitas, stuffed peppers, homemade salsa...you get the idea. But I already have an idea of what will be happening with a lot of this stuff...I'll be back to my former duties as a canner!