Summer and I absolutely love fresh vegetables. The local Econo (grocery store) has done a great job in the past two years stocking their produce section with new and non-traditional PR vegetables. When I used to visit Rincon as a kid, the Econo was the dominate supermarket without much competition and the majority of my diet consisted of beans and rice and Rum. Hmmm….what does that have to do with our new garden? Well, I really think that creating a hybrid of food supply sources is the key to a non-monotonous healthy food plan in Rincon. Lately, we have had great choices, half because we know the area and the other half because there has been a huge push to bring more food variety to Rincon.

Recently, Super Foods opened up right around the corner from Econo and sells organic health food and healthy plate lunches daily. I’ll post more on Super Foods later because Summer and I are stoked on their contribution to the Rincon grocery store scene. If you are in the area, Super Foods is located next to the new Rincon Plaza and Western Bank. Stop by and support them by filling your cabinets and belly with healthy organic food. We want them to stick around and they need all of our support as much as we need them.

Wow, I am getting off track. Back to the point at hand. Summer and I are done building our new garden! I pulled all the grass out of an area that was never excavated so the soil in there is beautiful and full of worms. I then put a layer of very dry and decomposed horse manure, a layer of hay, a layer of soil from our compost pile, a layer of peat moss and then another layer of hay on top of that. Summer and I then planted seven rows of seed. We have about 4 varieties of tomatoes, sugar snap peas, celery, red peppers, green peppers, cilantro, basil, jalapenos, lettuce, spicy mescaline and regular mescaline. After we planted everything, I set up a sprinkler (in case it stops raining every day) and now Summer and I are just waiting.

Check out our baby garden: