Joys of Growing Your Own Food

Gardening was always a thing my family did. They seemed to enjoy it. The produce was always better than the store’s and it cost less for a better quality. But it was not always top priority for various reasons. That being said, it was still something we always did and came back to in some capacity. When I was about 10 years old, we had moved to a small town. The house had a large yard, and we put in a decent sized garden. This garden had more importance to me, specifically the radishes.

Now. there are multiple ways for the gardener to plant radishes. Some ways are sprouting seeds and planting those sprouts, or you could plant the seeds. It could be spaced out single seeds, bunches of seeds spaced out, or a row of seeds. The idea with the row being that when they sprout, you can go in and thin them out. This last way is how we planted our seeds. Then we thinned them out. And then, I wondered what would happen to the cast offs… My dad explained to me that they were going to die. I said, “Why don’t we just replant them?” My dad being who he is, and knowing who I was (and am) told me that they would likely still die, but I could try.

I ran with there was a chance and replanted those tiny radishes. I’m sure some of them died, but some survived. They survived and grew seeds. They grew more than radish seeds that day. They grew my passion to plant seeds, tend them, and watch them grow. There have been ups and downs and learning curves since then. Here, I intend to share past, present and future experiences of my gardening endeavors, and invite you to come along as well.