Planting a vegetable garden I will admit can be quite a bit of work. You need to choose a location, fence it to prevent total critter domination, weed & water. The rewards, however, are GREAT!! I’ve begun to realize that not a lot of gardeners plant vegetables. The Teenage Tester’s health class a few years back was asked if anyone grew vegetables. She was just one of just a couple students that raised their hand. When she replied with what we grow, a student asked her if she lived on a farm! Our small but ample veggie plot is hardly farm-like, but we get pounds & pounds of produce for our time & very little money.
I will say a great place to start to slowly ease into this idea is to plant in a container or plant some cold weather veggies (or plant a cold weather veggie like lettuce in a container – see photo to the left). The Better Homes & Gardens link below can give you plenty of choices. Lettuce, spinach, peas, snow peas, radishes, pansies (see below) broccoli & cabbage are some wonderful choices. Planting lettuce or spinach in a container can give you the control of keeping it off the ground away from bunnies, etc. This time of year, full sun will get them growing. Once the hot summer sun comes, however, the plants tend to fizzle. You can always replant for fall! Your garden stores will have inexpensive starter plants or you can plant from seed. Either way it will be delicious. I can’t take credit for the colander filled with lettuce in the photo. This was taken on a garden tour I went on last year. I’d like to try it; how clever & easy!
Don’t forget about your cool weather pansies! They are edible & make wonderful decorations on your baked goods or as a garnish. See the link below on how to crystallize them in sugar.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4695755_coat-pansies-other-edible-flowers.html
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