How does your garden grow?

When my husband and I decided to leave the city for the suburbs, nothing about it excited me more (well, besides tripling the size of our home!) than having a backyard and being able to plant a garden in it.

Early this spring, my husband built beds made of cedar in our backyard so I could start an organic garden. We planted most of our vegetables from organic seeds and have watched them grow into beautiful--and delicious--plants. We have tomatoes, red onions, leeks, carrots, a rasberry bush, summer squash and an herb garden.

This photo shows my lettuce bed where I am growing four types of lettuce. The other night we sat on our back deck eating a peppery and delicious arugula salad with tomatoes and goat cheese in a lemon vinaigrette and I have to say... it tasted like it came from a garden!

Even if you don't have the outdoor space for a garden of this size, you can plant herbs in window boxes or even in small containers on your countertop. Getting your hands in the dirt is so therapeutic and growing your own veggies saves a ton of money (how many times has parsley gone bad in your fridge?) The environmental benefits are huge and so is knowing exactly where your food comes from and how it was grown.

Happy gardening!