Growing your own salad
Have you ever pulled a ripe tomato strait from the vine and tasted it? It is so much better than what you can get at the supermarkets and you can take pride in knowing that you grew it yourself. Growing your own food is becoming more and more popular these days with rising gas prices, rising food prices, and pesticides. When you grow it yourself you know excatlly what has been on you veggies and fruits and what has not been on them. Having your own garden lets you know that your lettuce is the freshest it can be along with your cucumbers and tomatos having the freshest salad on the block.
You dont have to have alot of land to grow some fresh veggies. You can mix it in on the edge of your flower beds or even plant your seeds in a flower pot. Techniques like overplanting and French intensive gardening allow you to grow a maximum number of vegetables in a small space, including container gardens. Many fruit trees are also available in dwarf and semi-dwarf varieties, which are faster to set fruit, easier to prune and harvest from, and ideal for smaller gardens.
Edibles also offer gardening variety. Many of these plants are decorative in their own right, whether it's the distinctive leaves of artichokes, onions, and rhubarb or the range of colors, like the purple of cabbage, the bright yellow of squash, and the deep red of tomatoes. Some, such as apples, melons, and citrus, also contribute fragrance to the garden. While most edibles are spring and summer growers, cold-weather lovers like cabbage, kale, and spinach keep the garden alive in late fall and early winter.