Seed Starts
Last year was the first year that I attempted to have a vegetable garden. Actually, the attempt was pretty successful - I built six large planter boxes with my Uncle's guidance and encouragement, and got them installed on the south side of my property. I went on to plant Amish Paste tomatoes, various types of summer squash, several kinds of beans, strawberries, a couple winter squash plants, and later in the year, cabbage, spinach, and chard. The squash grew unstoppably - all of it. Winter or summer variety didn't matter, we couldn't keep up with it. Being new to gardening and new to growing squash particularly, I made the mistake of thinking that "bigger is better" and let some large zucchini hybrids grow to monstrous size. This of course made the flavor texture something similar to a cedar board, and it was almost by accident that I learned how much the fruit was improved by picking it at six inches instead of sixteen (nevermind that this was clearl...
