Decisions Decisions

What gets to go in my garden this year?  (What doesn't?)  Eggplant doesn't.  I really like it and man is it a pretty pretty plant and fruit, but a gal can handle only so much eggplant.  I will farmer's market it for the eggplant.  This question of What gets to go in my garden? goes along with the questions What gets planted where? Where do I get my seeds?  Do I start everything from seed?  If I do start it all from seed, when do I need to get those going?  What supplies do I need to get those seeds started?  How many seeds should I start?  And that's just the tip of the ice berg, but HONESTLY gardening is about having fun, trying new ideas and eating the best veggies ever.

Your garden has to start with seeds, for things you're not planning to put seeds in the ground or start inside, find starts from a local farm that does this, or your farmer's market.  Seed catalogs loads of fun to look and dream your way through.  Reality has to settle in there somewhere too, but look through and find what you want to try this year and go for it.  Our smattering include catalogs from Seed Savers Exchange, Johnny's Seeds, Jung Seeds & Plants, Seeds of Change, and Burpee.  I know there were others too, but too many choices make me nutto so some had to be purged.

Really the best advice that I can share is to find plants that make you crazy excited to get out in your yard and start there.  Some things will work smashingly and other will probably flop - too much rain, not enough rain, too hot, not hot enough, all of these things can and will impact your garden, but for the love of pete, just get out there and go for it.  Get a lovely note book and jot things down as you go so you have a reference for next year and get (or borrow from the library until you figure out which ones you like) some solid gardening books.


It's time to get the ball rolling!  Grab a friend a pencil and paper and make some fun and rewarding decisions.  (You could add into that mix some tea or coffee, or if you're really adventuresome some beers, and in my experience chocolate almost always helps the situation.)

I'm planning to follow my own advice tomorrow afternoon.