We have started out spring garden. I couldn't be more excited that the weather has started to break and so has the ground. For the past few years me and my beau (Dan) have been living on a homestead in North Carolina, now that we are in Montana, we are on our own for growing food. Now that we are no longer in the country but in the city, its nice to take on the challenge of urban farming once again. Not only that but a climate that we have never lived in (we just moved here in February). But we have started our experiment, by digging up one large patch of sod and two smaller beds. Digging up sod by hand is not an easy task and took us much longer than anticipated, but it feels great to be done! Potatoes have just been put in and so have our onions and I really feel like we are getting some where now. We added few bags of mushroom compost to add nitrogen back in the soil, grass can take a lot out of your dirt. We also have starts in the house, ready to be put in after the last frost. Tomatoes, greens, cabbage, peppers, squash, cucumbers, herbs, lettuce, okra and more things that are not coming to me right now. Its crazy to think how much food you can grow in a little space. And did you know that you can buy seeds on food stamps!? I'm itchin to start cooking and preserving some of it.
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