Vegetarian Blog

Veggie Meal-Maker is participating with about 30 other blogs in Project: Food Budget. Follow along as we share food goals, food budgets, and meal-planning strategies.

Think you might like to take part and share your own week of Project: Food Budget right here on Veggie Meal-Maker? We'd love to feature you! See below for more information, and keep reading for more about how Trina's family did (or did not do) this week.

One element to gardening that is important to consider is that plants grow better when they are cultivated in a climate and soil condition that they are designed to flourish in. For example, our weather is very temperate – it never gets very hot or very cold – which is great for growing year-round, but not so wonderful for growing heat-loving vegetables like tomatoes and peppers. We hope to remedy this by growing them in the hoop house my husband constructed; however, we learned the hard way that simply sticking plants or seeds in the soil, watering, and weeding does not guarantee gardening success.

Snow peas are one of the first vegetables seeds I plant after winter has given way to spring. These hardy little pods can grow despite being covered in snow. Snow peas can be deposited in the soil as soon as the ground has warmed enough to thaw. The only drawback to this early crop is the seeds tendency to rot if planted too early. Some of the peas I planted earlier this year did not sprout, so I recently replanted in a few of the empty spaces. Gardening is an endless education.
 

My husband and I have a tendency to plant green things wherever we live, no matter how long we end up staying. This has led to traveling gardens (we moved quite often for awhile), and has caused us to appreciate the roots we have planted in our new residence. A home, no matter the location, never quite seems complete without something edible growing nearby.