Spring has Sprung

My Tomato seedlings have sprouted. Hurray! We will see if I can keep them alive. I have thinned them. There is only one sprout per cup. Some of them are starting to get their first real leaves. (This is a new concept to me. The first leaves to appear are the seedling leaves.)






My wonderful husband built garden boxes for our garden area. I have completely planted one of them. I read through Square Foot Gardening. This is different thinking for us. I am excited to see how it turns out.

Gardening Anyone?

Last week my kids and I planted Tomato Seeds and Today we planted Peppers. Our tomatoes have started to come up. I am trying to have enough tomatoes to can. Two years I canned tomatoes and I haven't even had to buy one can at the store. I sill have some left too - about 10 jars. I planted 50 tomato plants for under $10.00. This would be way to expensive to buy already started so that is why we are trying our own starts. I will let you know how it goes.





I also started some fresh herbs in small clay pots : Cilantro, Basil, and Oregano. Herbs can be so expensive and you can't use them all before they get dried out. I plan to use the Basil for homemade Pesto which is also $4.00 a container. I use Pesto in my Lasagna and other pasta recipes.