My goal with this blog, is to share my passion for growing food and for planting seeds, and watching them turn into food. I have been gardening off an on for many years, and in the past 3 years I have found myself taking my interest in growing food more seriously. As an amateur, I have had some successes and many failures along the way, but each year it has given me much joy.
Two years ago I discovered a community of gardeners online, on YouTube, and have learned so much from them. And now, instead of buying starts from the big box stores, I am now ordering seeds online, pouring through seed catalogs, and planning for the coming grow season. By week's end, I plan to start my first batch of seedlings and putting them in a grow box.
Last year, 2018, I was inspired by several gardening personalities to actually start seeds indoors with a grow light and that was the game changer for me! Within days, seeds sprouted, and I watched them take life and go from seeds to sprouts, to seedlings, to real plants. And by June, I was actually eating food from both plants on my deck to those grown in garden beds in the ground. I even purchased a small easy-to-assemble raised bed and also had some success there. And so, for the first time, I went from a dabbler, to actually calling myself a gardener!
This year, I plan to expand my beds, and to take advantage of unused space in my backyard, and to really plan to have food for an extended growing season!
So I hope that some will join me as I venture into my restored passion for gardening, as I learn from others and share with you from time to time, as I learn we approach spring of 2019, and as I am "growing my way!"
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