Our Spring Garden

As it has been for the past few years, spring is the time when I get excited and antsy about gardening. The time when I realize that gardening with small children can often be difficult (despite the wonderful learning experience that it is). The time when I wish we had more space to have a bigger garden and the time when I yearn to move to a farm where our garden space could seem endless. The time when I vow that this year's garden will be better than last year's. And the time that I feel like I could spend endless hours outside without accomplishing everything I want.
This year, I decided that we were going to simplify our garden plans. I still have big plans, mind you, but slightly less gargantuan than years past. As we have such a small space to work with, we typically buy a huge variety of seeds, but then, in reality, we only plant a few seeds of each type. This year, I decided that we would do seeds for the easier stuff: beets, greens, peas, radishes, carrots, beans and a few others, but we are going to buy starts for everything else. The cost of 2 zucchini starts can't be much more than a pack of seeds, there is less chance that the established plants will get devoured by slugs, and it is one less thing for me to do.
One of these days I will be more organized in my planning and execution of our yearly garden, but as many of you know, with 2 littles and very many other responsibilities, time for gardening is often haphazard. Regardless, we are excited to see what our 2012 garden will bring,and excited for the learning and adventures along the way.
Are you planting a garden this year?