I recently started growing vegetables in my backyard. I took a pickax to the ground and earned myself a doozy of a blood blister on my thumb. But the plants have grown and they look like they may live. Since it’s my first time, that’s all I’m really hoping for – that I get them through the winter. They’ve stopped growing since the colder weather came in and tonight is supposed to get near freezing, so I’ll have to take certain measures but I think it’ll be ok.
One thing I’m thinking of doing for the next season of crops is getting a composter. I had to buy dirt to start my garden and that doesn’t make much financial sense to me since my yard is already full of dirt. But from the standpoint of it being easy, it made a lot of sense. But a composter can be easy too if you have patience. Put in your scraps, wait a long time and out comes beautiful dirt. I look froward to seeing how well this works for me.