It is one of those things that I really want to do on an annual basis, but I am not sure I have the skill to handle. I have been struggling with the idea of digging up one of the few places in my yard that grows grass in order to plant a garden that I might very well kill within a week.
So I researched my options and found that some of the vegetables I wanted to grow can thrive in a container garden. So I researched what variety of vegetables would grow in pots and what size pots would be needed to give them enough room to grow. I settled on three plants: green beans (the bush variety), bell peppers, and zucchini.
I marched to Menard's and picked out the three pots I would need to grow my garden and then wet off to pick out the plants. Finding the green beans were easy, but it too a bit to locate the bell pepper that looked best among the rows and rows of plants. I spent about 20 minutes looking up and down trying to find a zucchini plant...any zucchini plant with no luck. I thought perhaps it wasn't the right time for them yet and gave up.
The next day on a whim I stopped at a tent set up on the side of the road in town. It was a temporary set up from a greenhouse located just outside of our town. Since it was a rare trip when I was out on my own without a husband or childing coming along I thought it would be nice to browse the plants just for fun, and see if they had zucchini.
The displays of plants were so organized, and just about every single plant looked to be in good health. I was very impressed that I found a zucchini without even trying. As a rounded the corner I noticed several large pots on the ground with rhubarb in them. It stopped me in my tracks.
I LOVE rhubarb!
I asked the price and was about to buy my zucchini plant and leave when she told me the rhubarb was nearly $15. Then I thought to myself that a plant already that size would be well worth the cost, and well I LOVE rhubarb. So I bought it.
Due to the size it will grow there is no way that plant will do well in a pot, so now I have to find a good place to plant it and dig up my stupid grass anyway. Oh well! In a few months we will enjoy a delicious rhubarb dump cake and I will check having a garden off my life list.
My mother-in-law's Rhubarb Dump Cake recipe:
Put the following ingredients into a greased 9 x 13 pan in even layers in the order that they are given. Do
not mix.
4 to 5 cups of cubed raw rhubarb
1 cup sugar (or Splenda)
1-small pkg. strawberry jello (may be sugar free)
1 white or yellow cake mix (just the dry cake mix)
1 1/4 cup water
1/2 cup butter or margarine
Bake in 350 oven for one hour. Delicious served warm or cold. Store leftovers in the refrigerator.
Enjoy!
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