So far to date, five of my regular seed catalogs have arrived and like most gardening folks, at certain points I am already day dreaming about orders, starting seeds and what the new garden will bring. I don’t know about the rest of you folks that garden but I like my mix of older true blue things that I will produce and produce well, along with a mix of new things and we always pick at least one new thing to grow just cuz..

Granted , we don’t give that much space to the new or just cuz things but its always fun to try something new to go with the old. Its hard to believe that when we started we had no garden here what-so-ever but that between the different gardens, it has grown to well over half an acre, It seems like now, we are not in so much need for more space (other then the new growing area for ground crops for the critters) as much as we are in need of a Cold House or two, and we are working on figuring out the joys of rotional planting for our area.

Having been raised in the west, with its much shorter and cooler climate, its been really interesting to learn not only the eastern weather but of course the patterns for our own area when it comes to what can grow and how many crops you get grown, picked and replanted.

I guess the first year, when I watched them take three cuts off the hay fields, I knew right then that we could grow so much more here then anywhere else I have lived but I am always amazed at just how much and many things can be worked with, and now that I am working with year round harvesting, it’s opened so many doors.

Of course, what would gardens be without some bright color in terms of flowers, almost all my different flowers that I plant are also able to be used for use in terms of eating an or for medical use, but as much as I like them for that, I also just like having something pretty around.