Making a move!

Obviously life has seriously gotten in the way of this blog. I haven't posted in almost 2 years. To quickly catch you up, I finished nursing school, Jesse got a new job, and we moved to San Diego. Because I have had so many life changes in the past year and half I've decided it would be appropriate to start a new blog. So on the off chance that anyone sees this post, my new blog is called Sunny Side Up in San Diego. Please stop by, get comfy and leave some comments!

So You Grew a Garden...Now What? Introduction

I am very excited to announce that I am starting a Summer Time Series of posts! The series is called "So you grew a garden...now what?" For the past 4 years Jesse and I have grown vegetables in our backyard with varying degrees of success. The common trend is that each year by the time we roll around to August we've run out of steam, both in caring for the garden and finding new ways to use the vegetables which suddenly seem to be coming out of our ears. This year we set out to have the largest and most successful garden yet and this includes finding new and exciting ways to use our harvest. I thought it would be fun to share this experience with my readers. I have at least 10 posts planned including ideas for storing the different vegetables and great new recipes that will each highlight different vegetables from the garden. Part 1 will be posted later tonight!


I'll start with a brief description of our garden. In years past we have had small plots behind our garage and we always seemed to overcrowd our plants. This year we made sure to leave plenty of space for everything to grow and we tilled a very large plot in our side yard. The plot is about 19' x 29'. So it's quite large. Here is what we planted:

• Tomatoes - 14
  
• Peppers - banana, jalapeno, pimento, bell, red chili
  
• Cucumbers - 5 or 6
• Broccoli - 6
• Summer Squash - 2
• Zucchini - 1
• Watermelon, Cantaloupe, Melon - 1 each
• Corn - ~3 or 4 small close together rows
• Sunflowers - didn't survive the deer :(
• Pumpkins and gourds (can't wait for fall!!)
• Small planters of basil and flat leaf parsley

Now that you have the background I hope you are looking forward to the first official post of the series which will be posted later tonight!