A littlle bit of gardening.

Garden planning is a must.  I see lots of little gardens that are fine for wanting some fresh veggies for the summer, but in order to have enough to put up we need to look at how much we need for an entire year.  You need to figure how many times you have eaten beans or corn or potatoes and figure accordingly.  And this year if the Lord allows I am going to go over that amount.  Last years drought and not being able to save anything really taught me something.  It is better to have to much than not enough.   The chart above is a good one to go by, but if you have more than just 4 people , you will have to alter it.

This was our green bean patch last year, our potatoes were to the right. and off to the left is the corn,  everything was just coming up at this point. If you can't tell, these are LONG>>>>>> rows. ha, ha. 

 We grew the biggest onions, I think we have ever grown. we enjoyed every bit of them.  One of these days I would like to have a root cellar, we really don't have a good place to put our root crops.  I put straw in a plastic crate and laid them in it and then stacked the trays on top of each other. They lasted a long time. We ate them up before they went bad.

  This is JC. standing in a hay ring.  The bull pushed it into the garden and it was his job to get it out.  That is purple hull peas behind him trying to peek out.  I wish I had a pic of the tomatoes and our sprinklers, I will try and get a shot of them this summer.

  

Just remember that gardening is like anything else, it takes a lot of work, time and patience.  Everybody needs to be eating better and eating less processed foods.  The best way to know it is healthy is to grow it yourself. So good luck to you and your gardens this year.  

God Bless, 

Tara