grow my own food

Today is the 4th of July. I have beautiful squash plants growing, and some decent lettuce seeing as how it’s hot here. I have a few good herbs, BUT I have creatures who are eating all of the tomatoes. I decided yesterday that if they want them, they can have them. I planted more flowers and nurtured what is still “mine”. This garden is better than the last one, which is the goal, but sharing all of the food was not part of the plan. Still the joy comes from planting and working in the dirt, so I guess we’re all winning.

It’s June now. I have a good garden growing. There are tomatoes on the vines, and since I’ve never gotten fruit before July 4th weekend, so I’m setting my sights on mid-July. The squashes I planted look the best of anything. Lettuces are coming up, but it gets so hot some days that I don’t think they’ll do well. I planted nasturtium seeds and they are coming up. It’s going well. I admit I like instant gratification, so this is taking a bit of patience on my part, but I’m remembering to water, and things are looking semi-healthy!

I shamefully don’t know much about plants/seeds and such. I’m not sure what I can grow where, when it must be planted, how to look after it, etc! But surely it can’t be too difficult, because after all, it’s nature….

The first step has been taken today, though, with us buying a strawberry plant. I’m very excited about it and the prospect of having my very own grown strawberries!

it’s human nature – on the better side – organic.

got all the seeds and dirt, all i gotta do is plant those bitches

My family purchased carrot seeds today…..

I have two onions on my counter that have sprouted. The sprouts look just like green onion stalks. Does this qualify as “growing” my own food? lol ;)

I guess I should plant them soon!

well, after several seasons of dabbling, we’ve gone whole hog and bought a good deal of seed to plant our own garden. We’ve got a nice combo of shade and sun loving plants and the full support of the communal house, so I’m pretty excited!

I’m right around the corner from turning over the ground this year and starting greens. I’m ready to start and do it right this time. We’ve always gotten food from our garden, but it would be so nice to get most of our food that way. I’m not kidding myself that it’ll happen this year, but just to get closer would be so fulfilling. Time to research the things we love that we’ve never tried to grow.

My first foray into this goal is growing some radishes from seeds. The sprouts are about 2 inches tall, and I planted them 2 weeks ago.

But to completely grow my own food, first i will need to buy some land :/
I guess this one will come after “make a million dollars” haha