A Home Garden
Again, while not exactly earth shattering this is an idea that is underutilized. Now is the time to start dreaming about what to plant next growing season. It doesn't have to be anything exotic, plant what you know you and your family will eat. Having your kids help and see the results growing in their own yard is also a great way to get them to love veggies. This summer I planted peas and didn't get to eat hardly any as every time we went in the backyard my girls stood begging for any on the vine (we nicknamed it baby crack), and although my 5 yr old wants nothing to do with tomatoes in the house she will stand with her 18 month old sister and shove grape tomatoes into her mouth as fast as they can pick them! We also regularly get volunteer tomato plants because I'm too lazy to pick up fallen or rotted tomatoes so sometimes being lazy pays off! We made these beds out of scrap lumber from our shed and only bought a couple packets of cheap seeds and a few starter plants, I'd say well worth the cost and effort even if much of our haul never made it inside.
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