I met my friend, Nancy, for lunch yesterday. She arrived with these beautiful flowers from her/her neighbor's gardens. I wish I could send along their scent with the photos: simply divine. She also came with lots of ideas -- like me starting a "square by square" vegetable garden with the boys. Ironically, I've been talking to Mike about starting one. The idea makes him laugh. Another of my wild ideas that requires great commitment (think triathlon). With Nancy's encouragement, I'm going to do it (who knows, maybe it will be a double win and get me excited about cooking?). I remember my parents growing tomatos in Ct (anything else, mom & dad?) and I loved it -- even though I was never interested in eating them. I think the kids would find it fun and interesting, too (Nancy said that she always had a garden when her boys were little. They are now in their 20's and are each starting their own.) I just heard on NPR that in 2007, 33 million people had home vegetable gardens. In 2009, its expected to be 43 million. Count me as one of them. I'm going to start my planning this weekend. I'll post about it again when we're up and running.
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We have a garden and the kids LOVE it. They help plant and pick. We started it last year and will be revising it some this year to try different things. Get some good compost; you'll be amazed how well things grow. Our garden was in the sun from about 10-6 every day and I watered twice a day during the heat of the summer. Good luck!
no experience with veg gardens except one of my good friends growing up had one and was kind of jealous. good idea. go for it. may steal it in a few years.
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