Garden time!

I found this blog posted on Facebook: http://www.agardenforthehouse.com/2011/11/winter-sowing-101-6/

Here's my version of it:

It works great!  The milk cartons act as a little greenhouse, protecting the young plants from weather and critters, and they were nice and portable for taking in during a freeze warning.  They came right out of the carton for easy transplanting.  Here's my squash and cucumbers:

 

Here is my pyramid garden, going on its third summer. (Thanks, Mom!):

 

It's great for planting more things in a smaller area by using vertical space.  Right now, I have strawberries, thyme, and green beans in it.  I did green beans in it last year and they are a little large by summer's end but it ends up OK.

I'm excited about my expanding garden!  I even bought heirloom seeds this year off eBay.  This way, I can save my own seeds and keep my garden self sustaining from year to year. (If you don't know, seed packets as well as fruits and vegetables sold in stores are specially designed so that their seeds will not reproduce themselves.  It's so you have to keep buying their product again and again.)  Thanks to Blake and friends for turning over all the soil behind our garage.  It will soon be sporting lettuce, eggplant, pumpkin, corn, and more! :-D

{Lord, help me be consistent with this and get great results!}