To the Garden! {Amy}

My challenge for the next 30 days is all about getting my larger than life (anything but simple) garden in.

Last year we bought a share in a local CSA. As much as I loved the idea of it, and all the things I was supporting by doing it, I didn't feel that we as a family benefited as much as I thought we would. Mostly because we aren't HUGE vegetable eaters. And the vegetables that we do eat, weren't always the vegetables that we ended up getting. Like red chard and tomatillos. And sometimes we weren't prepared for yet another huge head of cabbage because we still had a huge head of cabbage in the fridge and we were all sick of cole slaw. Just things like that...

This past summer my folks moved out of their house, bought a rv, and moved up to our land. While they both have the greenest thumbs you've ever seen, they aren't very experienced in raising a vegetable garden, so we're all learning as we go.

That said, we're all totally stoked to get started and plant stuff that we love, and then together as a family, harvest, consume and preserve the food. My mom loves to come down to the house and help me with projects I have going on, and my dad loves to get out and dig in the dirt, so it's a win win situation, because I'm the first to admit I need all the help I can get, and having a village of people around me is really going to make the difference.

We've had a preliminary garden planning meeting and this weekend are renting a tractor with a rototiller attachment to get started! Mom and Dad are taking off next week back east for 10 days, and when they get back, we should be ready for our first starts!

I'll post pictures and updates as they come in! :D