Garden Greens

Last week, I bought seeds to plant!  The weather was beautiful.  The next day I woke up to snow on the ground.  It must be spring.  I am eager to plant a small garden.  Mostly a salad garden--lettuce, spinach, peas, tomatoes.  A fresh salad right outside my door!  I like to plant 3 kinds of leaf lettuce.  It is amazing also how long it lasts in the refrigerator after picking. 

The spring/summer after my youngest was born, I planted a vegetable garden.  I called it my "therapy garden".  And it was theraputic--being outside, digging in the dirt, watching things grow, and then eating what your grow.  Gives you more good "warm fuzzies" than just keeping the kitchen clean and changing diapers!  I had 5 children, 3 of them age five and under at the time.  Gardening did me good.  The next year I didn't plant, except for tomatoes, but the lettuce all came back up again.  It was so cool--the reward without the work.

I like to use the Square Foot Gardening method.  You can read about it HERE and also on the website, Food Storage Made Easy.  You can garden in a very small area and it is easy to take care of as far as weeding and watering.  I have a book about it. You can search the web and find sources about it too, or buy yourself a book (or borrow mine).

I can't wait until the snow melts (again) and so I can get to work on my little garden.

ps--It is a great activity for kids to get involved in too!