Backyard and Indoor Grocery Gardening: I love Spring

I love Spring

I love Spring ... my favorite season.

Summer is too hot and busy busy busy. Daily watering, harvesting, checking for bugs, canning and dehydrating. Plus there are other chores to do: grass mowing (we have a boy-powered push mower), house cleaning, schoolwork, and more.

Autumn is horrible. The hustle and bustle of the Summer is over, and the cupboards are full. But fields and plots and containers of my favorite green plants turn brown and black, withering, and dying.

Winter is wonderful. Cold. Snowy (if we're lucky). Quiet, but thinking and planning and plotting next year's garden.

... but Spring... ah! It's busy, but not the Summer busy-and-scorching-hot busy. Flowers create delicious future veggies and fruits. Vines begin to wind around boundaries. Ravenging squirrels and other marauders present challenges and hurdles. Weather bears close watching.

Sigh.

I really do love Spring.

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The phrase "Backyard Grocery" Garden was coined by Victoria Lawrence-Williams in 2008 in an effort to provide better quality produce for her family. When using this term, please link back to this blog/website: http://www.backyardgrocerygarden.blogspot.com/. Thank you.

PLANTS TO GROW in your BackYard Grocery Garden (for emergency preparedness):
artichoke + asparagus + beans + beets + berries + broccoli + cabbage + carrots + cauliflower + corn + cotton + cucumbers + eggplant + garlic + grains + greens + melons + okra + onions + peanuts + peppers (bell and hot) + potato (baking and sweet) + radishes + rhubarb + soybeans + spinach + squash, summer + squash, winter (incl pumpkins, butternut, etc.) + sunflowers + tomatoes (several varieties)
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trees like almonds, walnuts, pecans, filberts, apples, pears, apricots, cherries, pinion pine, etc.
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herbs like soapwort, basil, chives, tarragon, oregano, borage, sage, motherwort, cilantro, parsley, thyme, dill, echinacea, etc.
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bushes like elderberries, bayberry (wax), raspberries, blackberries, holly, etc.

For harvest preservation ideas, cooking ideas and recipes that use the food you've grown, go to http://www.survival-cooking.com/.

NOTES:
Remember to stock up and store MANY mason jars, lids and rings, canning / sealing wax, plus all other canning and storing supplies. We love dehydrating, and use the jars for that too.

Having a grocery in your backyard isn't just about the plants. It's also about providing animal protein, feathers, cotton, and more....

FARM ANIMALS TO RAISE:
-chickens & quail (meat, fertilizer,.....eggs, feathers, pest-control)
-bees (pollination, honey, wax)
-dogs (protection)
-cats (mousers)
-goats (milk, cheese, fertilizer,.....lawn control)

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I love Spring

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