If you’re into local food, you can’t get much more local than your own back yard. After some hemming and hawing revolving around the fact that we have no clue what we’re doing, we decided to wing it last week and plant our first ever garden.

We chose a 12 foot by 16 foot spot in the corner of the back yard, shaded but sunny enough during the day. Here’s a rough estimate of what we planted:

• 3 pumpkin
• 12 beefstake tomato
• 6 cucumber
• 3 lettuce
• 12 bell pepper
• 1 rosemary
• 1 basil

We’ll keep updating the 2007 Vegetable Garden topic as the growing season progresses.