Now is the time to be planting your spring garden if you live in Utah. My family and I are working hard to prepare our spring garden planting boxes and transplanting the onions and lettuce that overwintered.
Starting a small garden and working your way up is a great way to into gardening. Make it simple and as you learn, you will want to expand. Take the hard knocks as they come and learn to appreciate your successes. It is a learning process.
I was miserable with my initial failures and gave up for years until I start using square foot gardening. I had some success with it and have sought out more productive methods. I do not regret using that method as it got me kick started into gardening. I now understand why it is not the best method for gardening, but if I hadn't started with it, I doubt that I would have ever gotten into gardening. Now I can't stop thinking about what I am going to plant and harvest.
I would recommend finding a good mentor. I've been lucky to have a very generous one in Gordon Wells who grew up on a farm and got a Masters in Agriculture, even though he was a lawyer by trade.
Remember, wheat is not food storage if you have nothing to eat with it. Gardening is a great way to save money on produce, it helps relieve stress and it helps to bring parents and children together in a worthwhile effort.
- Mark
Value is based on perception.
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