Plant Babies

I am taking my gardening a step further this year by growing an all-out vegetable garden. Container gardens, houseplants, and landscaping are all things I've had recent experience with, but I want to get back to the kind of food production I witnessed as a little girl. All of my grandparents (I'm lucky enough to have 3 sets of grandparents, some blood and some not but grandparents to me since birth all the same) have been growing their own food for as long as I can remember. I'm hoping to carry the torch and grow vegetables to share with my loved ones too, starting this year.

For our backyard garden, we decided that square foot gardening was the best use of our space. It's basically a method of organic gardening that utilizes densely planted beds to grow a large variety of produce without the wasted space of rows. It's a very interesting method, and I think it will suit us well without sacrificing too much of our yard. Here's our current setup:



Ours looks a little sparse since the plants are still very young. To see what these gardens look like when they are packed full of large, thriving plants, click here and here for a lovely selection of square foot garden photos.

I'm the type of person who thinks all babies are adorable- baby people, baby animals, and even baby plants. So when I saw that our seeds had sprouted, I went a little crazy taking photos of those sweet plant babies.







And if you're wondering where I found a set of colorful, custom garden stakes to mark my plants with, let me just show you.


Custom Garden Stakes by Hollyrocks on Etsy

I made them myself! I figured I'm probably not the only one who enjoys things that are both functional and decorative, so I decided to offer these garden stakes for sale in my shop.



I am so very excited about this new gardening venture. I will keep you updated on the progress of our garden and let you know how this technique works out for us. I think the kind of plants people grow says a lot about them. So tell me, what does YOUR garden grow?