Breaking Ground

This is the first steak to a new garden frontier. Too seek out new life and new vegetable creations, to boldly go.... lets not get to carried away.

Ivan and Brittany, my friends, have decided to have a vegetable garden in their back yard, and have kindly offered to share it with me. We have been talking about it for months. Yelling out vegetable varieties, and excitedly writing them all down. But it all has to start somewhere, and this wooden paint stir stick, is our beginning, our breaking ground.

We decided the size and shape. There needs to be enough room to still move around in the backyard, and get the lawn mower out of the shed. We talked about the direction of sun travel and daydreamed about preserving and all the things we could eat from the garden.

Growing my own food is one of my first interests. The pride and satisfaction I get from watching the seeds sprout and then mature into healthy plants, is unmatched. It takes time, patience, a little bit of skill, research and then a little luck. But the rewards are priceless.

This small portion of land, and a hand full of seeds will keep us away from the produce section of the grocery store a little more this summer. It will feed our body and soul, and give us something rewarding to do in the midday sun.

Come on SPRING!