B & B Dreams

My son and I went through the latest Burpee catalog and tried to choose what we were going to plant this spring.  We have only a very limited space and it is so hard to limit our choices.  Oh, there are so many things I'd love to plant.  Not only vegetables, but flowers too.  I think we'll actually get our seeds from WalMart -- the cost at Burpee is just more than we can afford.  Our dirt is also very rocky, and I'm trying to locate a place that might give us some free top soil.  As we travel around the city and suburbs, I look for signs at building sites that offer free dirt.  I just purchased the book "Square Foot Gardening," and am trying to find time to go through that.  Perhaps my dh and ds can build some containers, but I'm concerned about how much dirt would be needed to fill those.  I think we've settled on cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet peppers, string beans, and seedless baby watermelon.  Our only cucumber plant (only 1 of 4 survived) did well last year, and my kids just love Thai Cucumber Salad.  The tomatoes we planted last year were cherry tomatoes, and we froze those and made spaghetti sauce once the harvest was complete.  Served it today for a family party!  Mmm.  I'm excited.  The kids are enjoying harvesting.  Just wish we had more space.

Blessings,

Barb