[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I am officially gardening this year - last year was container gardening, this year my husband dug out a small plot of st. augustine in the yard and filled with good soil - I’ve got tomatoes, cucumbers, jalapenos, a variety of bell peppers and pablano peppers, eggplant and leaf lettuce - other than the peppers, which I started from seeds, the other plants are growing like crazy. I am stunned by the growth in less than a month of being in the ground. I’m already wanting a bigger plot next year!

[Arrowhead1952]

I wish I had an area as big as we had when I was growing up on the farm. We had over an acre for the main garden and a couple of smaller acres for potatoes and fruit trees. We never ran out of fresh veggies.

I started most of my plants from seed in January. I've saved 4” containers from years past and use them to start my seedlings in a mixture of potting soil and compost. My neighbor gave me about 75 onion plants of various varieties that he had left. That just about filled up my small garden spaces.

I ordered seed catalogs from Diana's site about two years ago. I still have a few seeds I got from that site.

[greeneyes]

I’m already wanting a bigger plot next year!

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LOL. It’s so contagious. I started with one raised bed 3 x 8 feet. We are now completing my 7th raised bed of equal sq footage. LOL. The first year I canned 52 pints of pickles including dill, bread and butter, and relish. Good luck to you on another great gardening year.