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I may have mentioned it before, Tim and I are growing a lot of our own vegetables this year, the aim is to eat what we grow. It started back in late March when we started seeds indoors, the only plants we're buying are herbs since those can be used immediately and not needed in great quantities. Not feeling like building anything or buying more than what's necessary, we grew everything on Tim's windowsills.  Since most of you have not been to Tim's place, it helps to mention that Tim has tiny 18 inch by 18 inch windows, and every windowsill with sun exposure is taken up. But we have a really big plot, about 25 x 30 feet.

Here's a list of things we've started growing in no particular order:

Tomatoes
Peppers
Eggplant

Beans
Peas
Carrots
Potatoes
Spinach
Radishes
Sunflower (for snack seeds)
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Brussels Sprouts
Broccoli
Leeks
Hops
Mustard greens (these we didn't plant intentionally, they went to seed last year and are now growing like crazy)

I'm not even going to bother listing things we are still planning to grow, the list is too long.

Last but not least, we have chickens!

Here's a picture our little bundles of joy:

They are only a week old, and they're extremely entertaining. Should I even bother mentioning that they're adorable? They're living in a big cardboard box right now, but we will build a coop for them out of an old dog house. That's about it so far in our efforts to become self-reliant as far as food goes.