Starting the Garden

Garden 
     We started our garden on a shoestring. Since money is so tight, fresh vegetables are a luxury. I hate to say it but it's cheaper to eat fast food that is horrible for your health than it is to eat healthy. I got a bunch of free seeds and bought a stack of 20 cent packages from Wal-mart. We had a lot of PVC pipe from when we had to replace our well, and we used it to make a 16 foot by 44 foot greenhouse. We had tried gardens before, but the deer and our pet goats had fun eating everything. We lost several fruit trees and vegetables to the animals. This year we are planting everything in the greenhouse, so the animals can't get our garden.
     We used toilet tissue rolls, paper towel rolls and rolled newspaper to make starter cups for the plants. The trays from our restaurant came in handy for plant trays. I had a huge compost pile for use in the garden. My plants went crazy. I've already got romaine lettuce ready to pick, tomatoes on the vines and a few of every type of plant started. I can't wait for the local farmer's markets to start next week.
      I've already been eating salad greens from the garden. I picked romaine lettuce, cut the greens from some of the onions, a few spinach leaves, carrots, radishes, radish leaves and swiss chard to make a great salad. I can't wait for the tomatoes to get ripe. Tomatoes are the food I miss the most in the winter. This year, I'm going to can, dehydrate and freeze fresh ones. I really hate the taste of the can goods from the store.