Planning

Because it looks and feels like this outside...

I can't do much else but than plan.

Prior proper planning prevents poor performance.

Great gardening gurus get great greens.

Bad botonists birth brown botanicals. You get the picture!

I ordered some seed catalogs and I know I am in "zone 5". That is already more than I did last year! :)

Goals, Near and Far

To those who know me, it is no secret I have two brown thumbs. I don't know how that happened! I grew up with a large garden, berries, honey bees and sheep. One would think I could manage to grow a pot of basil.



I want to change that about myself.



I love fresh produce. I have a husband and two kids who love fresh produce. There is no reason why we can't grow our own fresh produce. Besides, great organic produce costs almost a king's ransom!



I thought I would create a diary to keep me on-task. This will also be a means to help my children learn to work hard and be productive in life, as well as resourceful.

GOALS

1. Create and maintain a garden of vegetables and herbs.

2. Keep some chickens.

3. A goat?

4. One Mr. Moo to slaughter every year.