My Little Garden Update

My last post about my little garden had two full flats of vegetables planted with a fair number of seedlings growing. Between watering issues, not feeding them soon enough and a cold spell once I started the hardening process, I only had a couple of plants left including a happily growing lettuce plant. Unfortunately, some little creature ate my lettuce plant down to the ground. So, all that's left is this little guy who may or may not be a pepper plant.

My little experiment with growing vegetables may not have gone real well this year but it gave me things to learn from for next year; starting with label which seeds go into which pots.

Sourdough Starter

My new little project is a Sourdough Starter. I'm hoping to keep the starter going strong and bake fresh bread once a week. This particular starter is looking to be much better than my last attempt at a bread starter. I mixed up the starter on Saturday and it's been cheerfully doubling each day. Tomorrow will be my first attempt at baking bread with this starter. I'm looking forward to giving it a try!

Sourdough Starter Recipe

Ingredients

1 cup Flour

1 cup Warm Water

Directions

Combine the water and flour in a non-metal container with 2-3x more volume than the flour-water mixture to allow room for the starter to double. I've been using a rubbermaid plastic container and leaving the lid loose to allow the starter to breathe.

Twice a day throw away half the starter and feed it with 1/2 cup flour and 1/2 cup warm water.

My Spring Project!

Spring has brought with it the opportunity for a fun new project: growing my own vegetables!

There are many reasons that prompt me to start my own little garden:

• Fresh vegetables make up the majority of our grocery bill (Don't get me started on the grim reality that ingredients for healthy food are way more expensive than processed junk!)
• Convenience
• The excitement of watching the little plants grow

I started my first batch of seeds in the kitchen window.

The Second Batch was started outside a few weeks later. I really expected to have to replant the seeds due to a late frost, and heavy rains flooding the seed pots.

So imagine my surprise when I checked on the pots and found a few little seedlings coming up!

I love Spring! More about my little vegetable garden in the months to come!