Each year I have two primary and somewhat related problems.  I want to grow too many types of vegetables and I want to grow too many varieties.  As a result each summer I have too many vegetables.  Excess goes to friends, neighbors, and of course Second Harvest Food Bank. This year I really really tried not to overdo it.  But it's just so hard.

After much effort I was finally able to choose this year’s garden: Beans, Cucumber, Eggplant, Parsley, Summer Squash, Winter Squash, Basil, and Tomatoes.  That's 2 herbs and 6 vegetables which is a pretty good number for the size of my garden.  Unfortunately, while I was able to restrain myself to one variety for the beans, cucumber, and parsley but for all of the other choices I ended up with more than one varietal, even basil!

You may not believe it, but this really is a shortened list from what I wanted to grow and from what I've grown in the past.  Left out are peppers, potatoes, corn and a few other herbs.  I've never grown potatoes before and I really wanted to try them but I just couldn't justify the space.  Looking over the list it looks like this summer we will have lots of interesting meals but before that happens I have to plant the seeds and let them grow.  Oh, and I have start scouting out for all of the appropriate recipes... let me know if you have any that will work with my upcomming garden bounty!