blackbackedjackal:

blackbackedjackal:

I bought some jalapeños and tomatoes so we’ll see where this gardening thing goes.

I don’t think I ever mention this but my Pa had this massively successful garden. This was back during the 1940s-50s and so his family wasn’t allowed on the white side of the community let alone allowed purchase any food from the stores. He had maybe a quarter acre of land but grew enough to help feed his family and extended family and continued working in the garden into his 80s. We used to go there on the weekends to have lunch with him and my Granny and everything they had on the table was hunted/farmed on the property or home grown and leave with jars of green beans and corn they had preserved for later. He passed away several years ago but my dad and my brother still have jars on his green beans stored away as a kind of family heirloom.

My dad still grows various pepper plants and tomatoes in his backyard. So I wanted to start with those and work my way up to doing a little more each year <3