practical help and encouragement for homemakers
by Joy Kincaid 6 Comments
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Sarah says
What a lovely garden…and the beautiful children who occupy it 🙂
There's nothing like food you've picked fresh from your own garden.
Joy Kincaid says
Thank you, Sarah! I agree, homegrown food is wonderful!
Carol Blanchet says
Your little garden is … perfect. It looks like it is yielding quite a bit of the things your family enjoys. This year it seems I grew zucchini/yellow squash and green beans VERY well. They sort of took over! Would you consider posting about what and how you planted it? (How do you know how much to plant for a family of your size?) Do you plant enough to can or just enjoy it as it comes? Which herbs do you chose to plant and why? I'm still such a beginner gardener!
Joy Kincaid says
Thank you, Carol! I miss having zucchini and green beans. Since we started using the raised beds a few years ago, we haven't made a space for larger crops like that (although several years we did have a couple of zucchini plants that we just stuck in the ground and they produced quite a bit).
Lately my husband and I have been so busy that we just kind of planted things without doing a whole lot of planning. Since we moved to this house on one acre (and a very shady yard), we've just been planting enough to eat now and occasionally we've had enough to freeze. But mostly we enjoy lots of lettuce and greens in the spring, and then we have plenty of tomatoes and peppers in the summer. Our previous house was on 10 acres and we had a HUGE garden spot. So we grew a lot more, including pumpkins, melons, various squash, cucumbers, beans, and many other things. It was a lot of work (for my husband, especially, who did almost all of it), but it was fun to produce so much of our own food.
I plant any herb I come across if it's a good price! I love them all. But I planted my echinacea with the intent to dig up the bulb after a few years and make a tincture with it. This would be the year to do that (since it's been growing for about 3 years now), but I don't know if I'll have the heart to dig it up. I also always like to have chives, since they're easy to use. Rosemary is also easy, and I use it in cooking, too. I like having mint to make tea with.
My favorite gardening book of all time is "Joy of Gardening," by Dick Raymond. It has lots of photos and he tells how to plan how much to plant and how to plant it. If I could have just one gardening book, this would be it!
Christy H says
Nice garden! My yard is the size of postage stamp. Not much room for gardening BUT I do have laundry lines and hang clothes out quite a bit. We live in a "neighborhood" of old homes, not quite urban but not suburb either. Consolation prize is that I about a mile from awesome Lake Michigan beaches! My DH would love to garden more.
Joy Kincaid says
Thank you, Christy! That's nice that you have a laundry line. I don't have one of those here (I'm hoping someday!). And that's so neat that you are so close to the lake!
I hope you have a great weekend!