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That is a great story! Our ancestors perserved so much!

That's how I start mine. I've had the same mat for years.

Peppers take longer to grow than tomatoes. I start mine a couple weeks before I start my tomatoes. Gardening is a great science experiment! Have fun and I hope they both germinate for you!

Sounds like you have some wonderful meals from your canned items. Isn't it so easy to then make dinners?

I can both potato and carrots. You need to pressure can them. They are simple to can and oh so easy to make stew with. Good luck!

You should try golden beets.. the dark purple beets actually carry an enzyme that does taste like dirt to some. The golden beets do not.

I love reading this. What an amazing garden!

Good idea!

You can trellis that size and if they need support I reuse the mesh bags you get mandarins in etc as a hammock for the larger melons.

I grew butternut squash on an arched cattle panel and they did great! They hang down and don't need additional support. It makes cool tunnel to walk under that has shade from the vines.

I grew Long Island Cheese pumpkins this year. They aren't huge but are known for pie making. The reason you may want to grow them is they are very resistant to vine borers. They have a solid stem unlike other pumpkins so they won't die just as the plant is getting nice and big unlike the regular...

I just measure my garden out, then scale it down as best as I can. Fill in the each area with the plants you intend to grow. It gives you a great idea of how many tomatoes can technically fit into a twenty foot bed etc. remember to make notes for succession planting. Mine is not a perfect plan...

I totally understand that! I've done both ways for journals. I did find one I liked that I could do my garden sketch in also. I've also used something you are going to use and it worked just as well! Hope you have a great gardening year!

There are some really good garden journals out there you could utilize if you haven't gotten one yet. Nice to write what day you planted what and when you harvested etc

I freeze chard because it freezes well for soups etc. I also take all my greens and dehydrate them then blend them to a powder for extra nutrition in smoothies or add in soup..

I do this same plan and if it is dry I wet it down and turn with a pitchfork. I am always amazed at the amount of compost I get!