I hope everyone had a Happy New Year and has set their intentions for the new Year.

I spent some time working in the garden today cleaning up the onion patch. Apparently, all that dry weather we had this past summer has activated the thistle seeds in southeast Texas. I’ve pulled some dooseys during the last few times in the garden and Mrs. B has been working on getting the thistles out of the yard and feeding them to the chickens.

One of my goals for 2012 be more hyperlocavore in my food choices. That means that I will be relying on my garden more for veggies/fruits and spending my food dollars on things I can’t grow myself (meat, cheese, and dairy) at the local farmers markets. One of my goals for this week is to start some Lettuce Seed (just a few actually). This is almost prime time for lettuce growing in southeast Texas (you can still have a freeze sneak in for the next couple of months) and the great thing about lettuce is it can be grown in a container. There are also some really fabulous red lettuces that are quite tasty. So look for a post from me about starting lettuce and a few other plants in the next few days.