This year's crop

I am determined to start the growing season optimistically. At this moment, I will assume all of my plants will thrive. I will temporarily forget the difficulties of keep everybody happily watered in the depth of the Texas summer. I will pretend that I know what I'm doing.

To pump up my fragile gardening ego, my first purchases for this year's garden were the plants that actually succeed last year:

• bell peppers
• jalapeno pepers
• strawberries - I didn't have to purchase them, they're actually still alive from last year. * shock*

And to push my burgeoning green thumb, I've added:

• roma tomatoes
• cucumbers

And finally....in a moment of BLIND optimism, I purchased some seeds. I realize I will probably have to chalk them up to a "learning experience"....so, if I even get a couple of sprouts, I'll be very happy.

• snow peas
• mesclun

Next step: I'm going to do some research into the right type of pruning for each type of plant.