Since I have lived in this house 4+ years I have grown tomatoes in a little patch under the kitchen window. One year I grew peppers that were so hot you couldn't even eat them. However I have always wanted to grow a garden. Two years ago I cleared a little patch of land and plant various seeds and nothing grew. Could be I didn't really water it and I didn't read the directions on the package and put tons of seeds in. So this summer I was determined to grow something besides tomatoes. So instead of just throwing seeds into the earth and expected them to grow early in the Spring I planned my garden and read each package of seeds carefully and took notes in a little notebook. Then tilled the ground and planted. It worked. I have squash, onions, radishes, and cucumbers. The peas didn't really grow or the beets but next year I will try to figure those out. Not to be cheesy but it really a miracle. You put a little seed into the ground and cultivate (care for) it and then you have food. It is amazing. The first meal I really used stuff was really like a wonder. We had gone fishing so we ate the fish we caught and the vegetables from the garden. The only thing we didn't provide for ourselves was the rice. Included in this years harvest was my lavender. As with the garden I have planted lavender I bet 4 times, one each year and nothing happens. Last year I planted two bushes and really cultivated them with water and shade when needed and then year they blossomed. I clipped the buds and dried them and then removed the flower from the stalk and put the flowers in a little satchel. From two pants I got 2.5 satchel which I gave to my mom. So #17 very fulfilling in growing a garden.
excellent radishes!
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