Starting up the garden
So if you look at the photos I posted last year of the process of building and planting a vegetable garden (www.franksandbeanz.com), two things should be clear:
1. It was a learning experience and a work-in-progress all spring and summer
2. It worked pretty damn well. I had more produce than I could handle
I'm doing it again this year, except obviously I won't have to build the garden since it already exists. I learned a lot thhrough the process, in terms of straight-up gardening and also some logistics. For instance, I'll be planning out the lattice for the tomatoes before I even plant them, rather than spend most of the summer fighting with them and rigging something after the fact. I'm also stepping up the actual seedling-starting phase with a better kit and better seed-starting technique.
I'll try to be more diligent in updating about it than I was last year; at least now I have a site that will work better to showcase my various photos and lengthy explanations. Stay tuned.