How does your garden grow?

Last spring, I decided to plant a starter garden and test out just how green my thumbs are. I should’ve but didn’t plant one in 2011 because we had just planted sod in the backyard. I didn’t plant a garden this year because we’re moving. Once we get to Augusta, it’ll be too late to plant most vegetables. And since we have no idea where we’re going after that, I can’t really say if my garden experiments will continue. At the moment, I have a boon crop of dandelions.

But I did learn some good information from my first jardin:

Educate yourself about your local growing season, the soil, and the best crops to plant. I knew jack shit about gardening in North Carolina, and most of my information came from a Martha Stewart article about general gardening. I still don’t know anything about gardening, but I managed to not kill everything I planted.

Decide where your garden will go and what you want to plant. Why are you planting: to cut down the grocery bill? To eat a healthier diet? This will give you an idea as to what crops you should select. Look at those tags on the plants to arrange your plot. True story: we wound up buying four different tomato plants.

Gardening by neglect isn’t a thing. I forgot to water the garden for a week or two after planting. Somehow, those poor suckers managed to not die. Take time and water your plants, yo.