Gardening

Planting a Garden

It’s been a long time since I had a vegetable and flower garden—at least 13 years. But I find it so rewarding to make a meal from the bounty of fresh garden produce! I grew up on home-grown vegetables. The taste is so much better than store-bought food! I have a memory from childhood of being served bought frozen mixed vegetables while we were eating a meal in a friend’s home. I could barely choke them down and remembered thinking that if this is what people who don’t have gardens have to eat, it’s no wonder that so many people don’t eat enough vegetables! But alas, other than the corn and broccoli that we get in season from my youngest brother, I have had to serve my family frozen store-bought vegetables for many years.