Not only am I switching over to wordpress, It’s time to order those seeds and plot out the garden!
A little back story.
Last spring, I put my career on the back burner and applied and was accepted into an organic farm apprentice program in St. Louis. I then also took a job working for pennies on another organic farm located in Augusta. And we decided to expand our garden at our family’s property up north in Lincoln County.
To say I was busy is an understatement! But the skills and knowledge I acquired were more than worth spending every daylight hour last year playing in the dirt, traveling farm to farm! I had fun, made new friends, eat great and lost weight!
Then came Lucy. I had to come back down to the real world and start working again and playing in the dirt & weeds less! …Or do I? I realize that driving 45-115 minutes to garden is out of the question now that I am working and caring for the baby, but that doesn’t mean I have to stop gardening! I am planning on turning our suburban back yard into a terraced and raised bed garden rivaling the harvest I hauled in last year.
First step is plotting and planning what to grow and what not to grow, goodbye swiss chard, there is no room for you here! Only the essentials this year, other than the joy of eating fresh veggies, our main gola is canning, freezing and baby food.
I am most excited this year about the Chocolate Habanero because I have never tried it before, the Missouri Pink Love Apple because it is my favorite tomato and of course all of my squash! Perfect for pasta, pie, ice cream, baby food, etc.!
All our seeds are from Baker Creek, if you haven’t checked them out yet do so, they are the best! www.rareseeds.com
Stay tuned over the next weeks as I post photos from the process of turning our backyard into a mini farm, make baby food, canning, freezing, etc.
So, what are you most excited about planting this year? Any new additions, favorite stable nobody knows about? I may have room from one more veggie! Please share!
Bet you can’t guess which is who!
