Pauline
W. Hoffmann, Ph.D.
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Garden BountyI never thought I would ever garden. EVER! I never expected to have any interest. Then I found the farmers markets and the community supported agriculture cooperatives and thought that I could do this myself to supplement any purchases from the markets. I don't grow everything, nor do I expect to, but things we have grown have been put to good use.This is what our garden looked like this year before weeds overtook it and made it look like a jungle. In fact, I think I heard drums on some evenings from the wee folk who may have moved in and made it home. What we planted (an "X" next to an item indicates that it did not grow or did now grow well enough for us to eat it):
It looks like quite a few Xs, but I assure you sometimes this happens. That's why we have Tops and Wegmans and the farmers markets. What we canned/froze:
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My
husband comes from hearty farm stock people. He told me that you
don't plant certain things from seeds unless you do it early in the year
in your living room. These plants - red and green cabbage,
brussels sprouts, eggplant, broccoli, cauliflower - were purchased from
a local nursery and put in our garden. As a note, our St. Bernard
made off with one of the plants. She loves vegetables!
Before
anything started to grow. We had just planted the seeds and the
seedlings. 
This
is garlic my husband planted late last season. I don't think we
ever got any garlic from it.
While
the garden still looks weeded. Note all the lettuce growing in the
middle. We ate salads for weeks with the wonderful mesclun mixes
and fun lettuces.
Our
first canned goods! We screwed one up. The strawberry
rhubarb jam was jam, but the strawberry "jam" was strawberry sauce.
It tastes fabulous on ice cream!