Have a Backyard Grocery Store

This morning I thought my bowl of cereal looked a bit bland so slipped on my garden crocs and with bowl in hand, plucked a handful of fat, ripe blueberries from my raised vegetable garden to add to my breakfast. A short time later, I needed some leafy greens to add to my sandwich so again I slipped on my garden crocs and ventured the 15 feet out the backdoor to the ‘produce patch’. This time, instead of picking the usual bronze leaf lettuce, I reached for the dill and basil and put that in my sandwich. It was a pleasant change from lettuce. This got me thinking about how easy it was to grow my own fresh food. I have written many articles on growing all sorts of food but sometimes it bears repeating. IT IS EASY! You don’t have to plant an acre and be tied down to long days of toiling in the garden. Start small and see how much you enjoy slipping out back to the garden and harvesting your very own food.

I mention this because there is still so much available in the way of food crops to buy and plant. We have lots of blueberry bushes loaded with fruit, although the staff has to be reined in from sampling too heavily. We still have good supplies of strawberry plants, kiwi vines, raspberries, and much more. In the vegetable department, we still have plenty of pepper plants, tomatoes, squashes and kale. It’s not too late to pop in a few edible plants either into pots for container gardening or into empty spots in sunny gardens. With your first mouthful of homegrown goodness, you’ll be glad you made the effort!