[Miss Marple]

I am renovating half of my largest perennial bed into a kitchen garden. Most of the flowers will go to other beds.

This is the best area for planting tomatoes and peppers, and I am determined to plant them in quantity this year. Prices at the Farmer's Market were outrageous last summer.

[Iowa Granny]

Just remember: A vegetable garden is twice the work as a flower garden. There's no sense in planting all those veggies unless you intend to do something with them.

Me? I never intend to plant more than I can eat fresh. As a young woman I used to can and freeze enough food to feed an army. No more. If you watch for sales at the grocery store and purchase by the case, you can eat less expensively than you can growing your own.