It’s been a l-o-n-g time since Kris and I gave an update on our garden project. I’ve been too wrapped up in writing a book to pay attention to anything else. Now that I’ve pulled my head out of the sand, I can finally devote some time to other projects — like the garden.
To be honest, we’ve done nearly nothing in the yard since October. Literally. We haven’t found time to cut back the grapes, prune the fruit trees, or train the berry vines. I’m not sure that Kris even plans to place a seed order, although the seed catalogs have been pouring in.
Fans of our garden project have been e-mailing us to ask for updates. I’m afraid y’all will be a bit disappointed in 2010. We’ll still be growing a garden, but we’ve made a conscious decision to make it simpler and smaller, and we’re going to take a year off from tracking our “income” and expenses. We have a lot of travel planned, which would make things difficult. (Though I guess we could teach our house-sitter how to track the harvest.)
The berries and fruit trees will do their own things with little effort from us, and instead of starting most of our seeds inside this year, Kris will be buying potted starts at the Master Gardener show. Last year, she noticed growers are now carrying many of the heirloom tomato varieties she prefers. This year’s garden will focus on fresh salsa and salad ingredients (tomatoes, basil, jalapenos, basil, onions, a few cukes, zucchini, peas, green beans and beets).
But while we won’t be tracking the financial side of things in 2010, we do intend to give brief updates throughout the year. We’ll give you photos of our young and maturing garden, crow about our first berry harvest, and share recipes to go along with our late summer bounty of vegetables.
And, as always, we love to hear what you are doing in your own gardens. If any of you are tracking your profits and losses, feel free to share throughout the growing season.
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Related Articles at Get Rich Slowly:
- The Year-Long GRS Project: How Much Does a Garden Really Save?
- The GRS Garden Project: June 2009 Update
- The GRS Garden Project: September 2009 Update
- The GRS Garden Project: March Update
- The GRS Garden Project: November Update
Read more about The GRS Garden Project: January 2010 Update…
