Gardening 101

Well I've jumped on the gardening wagon full force and am ready to go.Very quickly I will tell you how this came to pass. One thing really lead to another and so forth.

1) Casually one day searching on the Internet about dairy products (because it seems to bother Matt when he intakes any form of dairy...except ice cream so he says :|
Came cross the Ellen show talking about her being a Vegan- she makes reference to a documentary "Earthlings". I thought it was about aliens, checked it out and turned out it was about animal farm factories and the cruelties that take place within those walls.

2) Watched it, ripped my heart out string by string (Matt as well)

3) Made a conscious choice to stop eating meat or at least eat meat "sparingly"

4) Lead  us to eating LOTS of vegetables and beans

5) Finally, came to the conclusion that our very own vegetable garden would feed us through out the summer months, while having an activity that Matt and I ...and Marcus, can do together.

phew! Ok so that's how we came to the point of making our own vegetables. We ordered NGMO (non-genetically modified seeds from a little island called salt springs island off the coast of B.C.

We have our own compost brewing in the back and with a little hard work in tilling the earth, we should be good to go. Sounding a little like hippies? or Granolas as some may call them ;), I'm afraid not. I still like to indulge here and there in the pleasure that consumerism or the keg has to offer.

We know nothing of Gardening so we have been doing a lot of research. Of course everyone says different things. Some say you need to add a bunch of things to the soil to make the veggies grow, others say some good dirt, compost, sun and water will do the trick. IF this project is a total fail I will blame it on...Matt haha, just kiddin. We will just try again next season.

Here are my veggies that I just planted yesterday in my home. After the last frost we will transfer them into our garden.

Tomatoes
Peppers
Kale
Onions
Squash
Beets
Spinach
Herbs-parsley, oregano etc..
Carrots- of which we will plant directly to the garden
We already have an abundance supply of Rhubarb for pies..mmmm

Wish us luck!

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