If you like home-grown tomatoes, peppers, basil, oregano and other delicious warm-season herbs and vegetables, you’re in luck. Right about now is when many gardeners can expect their last average frost date, so it’s time to get planting your kitchen garden.
That’s why we’re delighted to host this Grow Your Groceries Giveaway. One lucky gardener will win a Bonnie Plants 4×4 raised bed (valued at $59.99) and a $50 gift card towards plants. Plus, you’ll win a copy of Grocery Gardening: Planting, Preparing and Preserving Fresh Foods. But hurry! This random drawing ends at midnight on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Photo copyright Bonnie Plants. This giveaway has ended. Congratulations Beverly of Springdale, Arkansas for winning!
Caprese salad with purple basil, tomatoes and fresh mozzarella cheese. Photo copyright Bonnie Plants.
If you read Seasonal Wisdom, you know how we love growing and enjoying garden-fresh foods. So, when Bonnie Plants approached us about sponsoring a Grow Your Groceries Giveaway, we knew you all would be excited. In fact, you probably already know the quality of Bonnie Plants, as its vegetables, herbs, flowers and more are sold throughout the nation.
Although the company started in 1918 in Bonnie and Livingston Paulk’s backyard, Bonnie Plants is now part of the Alabama Farmers Cooperative. The national wholesaler grows plants in 70+ greenhouses around the United States. This approach supports local growers in other parts of the country, and ensures plants don’t travel far to reach your retailer, and ultimately, your garden.
Grow Your Groceries Giveaway Prizes:
Here’s what you can win in this exciting giveaway:
- One Bonnie Plants 4×4 Raised Bed — see first photo above (Valued at $59.99): This eco-friendly raised bed is made of recycled plastic, and provides a good growing space even if you have poor soil in your garden. For added flexibility, adjust this bed easily into different heights, shapes and sizes. This product is sold at Lowe’s.
'Black Krim' tomatoes are heirlooms with a naturally salty taste. Photo copyright Bonnie Plants.
- Another prize is a $50 Visa check card to use towards the purchase of Bonnie Plants vegetables and herbs for your new raised bed. You can find Bonnie Plants sold at more than 1,700 independent garden centers and big “Box Stores” around the United States.
Bonnie Plants 4x4 raised bed plan for a pizza garden.
Looking for planting ideas? Why not grow a Pizza Garden in your new raised bed, similar to the one built by Better Homes & Gardens. You can find the plans for a 4×4 raised bed pizza garden here. Other garden plans are on the company’s Pinterest page.
Garden-fresh tomatoes and basil top this homemade pizza. Photo copyright Bonnie Plants.
Follow the Bonnie Plants’ Pizza Garden planting guide, and you’ll grow many of your own garden-fresh ingredients for a homemade pizza.
A Bonus Prize: Not only will you win a Bonnie Plants raised bed and $50 towards Bonnie Plants edibles, you’ll also receive an autographed copy of Grocery Gardening: Planting, Preparing and Preserving Fresh Food. In the book, you’ll find gardening tips, recipes, nutritional information and serving ideas, along with preserving facts on more than 20 fruits, vegetables and herbs.
Grocery Gardening was co-authored by yours truly, along with three other well-known gardening writers including Jean Ann Van Krevelen, Amanda Thomsen and Robin Ripley. Not only did we all meet on Twitter, but this crowd-sourced book features gardening tips, photographs and recipes from around the world. You’ll find lots of good ideas for using your new raised bed and $50 gift card!
Enter to Win! We’d be delighted if you would follow Seasonal Wisdom and Bonnie Plants on Facebook, but this is NOT a criteria to win:
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It’s easy to enter this Grow Your Groceries Giveaway (valued at more than $100), but hurry! This giveaway ends at midnight on Wednesday, May 9, 2012.
How to Enter: Leave a comment below 1) telling us what foods you would plant in your raised bed, and 2) some of your favorite serving ideas for those foods.
The winner will be chosen at random by May 11, 2012 and contacted within 24 hours. If the proposed winner forfeits or does not claim the prize by May 15, the prize will be re-awarded based on the sponsor’s sole discretion. All prizes will be awarded. Please provide your name and email to enter this contest, so we can contact you promptly if you win. The winner agrees to allow his/her first name to be mentioned in conjunction with this giveaway. Please check your spam folder on May 11, 2012 to make sure you receive notice if you win.
The number of eligible entries will determine the odds of winning. This giveaway is limited to U.S. residents only, who are over the age of 18 years old. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO WIN. This sweepstakes is VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. By entering this giveaway, you are agreeing to these conditions.
Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post, and the Bonnie Plants prizes were provided at no charge for this giveaway.
Please be sure to enter this giveaway before midnight on May 9, 2012. Good luck everyone! Meanwhile, stay tuned for more growing tips, garden-fresh recipes and helpful gardener interviews in upcoming weeks. Congratulations to Beverly of Springdale, Arkansas for winning!
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I recently started renting a home and since I don’t own it I’ve been thinking about container gardening. Good luck to everyone! What a fantastic giveaway!
I would love some snow peas and some zucchini and tomatoes and of course some herbs such as rosemary and basil.
I would love a raised bed devoted to all of the freshness in a great salsa! Tomatoes, Onions, Peppers, and Herbs would be just what my family needs to munch on through the summer months.
I can’t wait to read through the gardening tips and tricks in the Grocery Gardening book – I am ALWAYS looking for new ideas to enhance the taste and longevity of my garden.
This is an amazing giveaway!!!
I have not grown food for many years and I am ready to do it. I have 2 new granddaughters that will love picking and eating from the backyard…..starting off the new generation right! I would love to win, especially the book!
Just in time for planting season!
Hi everyone: Thanks for the fast responses! Just a reminder we want you to share what foods you’d like to grow in the raised bed, and how you like to serve these foods.
We look forward to hearing all your input. From past giveaways, you’ve always shared lots of great ideas. So, I’m certain we’ll see that this time too.
Sorry we can’t respond to everyone personally, but just know we’re reading every one of your comments. So, keep them coming! Teresa
all kinds of lettuces! thanks for the opportunity
My favorite thing to eat in the summer is a BLT, so I love to grow lots of lettuce and tomatoes!
all kinds of lettuces! thanks for the opportunity
If I had the opportunity to plant a raised bed I would fill it with tomatoes, onions, jalapeno and sweet bell peppers, lettuce, radish,basil, spinach, and more. I also love the idea of a pizza garden, as we love to make homemade pizza from scratch! I would use my garden to help with our grocery bill, we have 4 children, and every little bit helps to stretch the budget. The main meals we make with our garden are fresh salads, BLT sandwiches, salsas, stuffed peppers, pesto, and more. I would truly love to receive a copy of your book, and the opportunity to win a raised bed and Bonnie’s plants. Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to enter!
Several kinds of tomatoes, red peppers, basil, purple basil, thyme, and purple pole beans are my ‘must grow’ plants! All but the beans we use for pizza, tomatoes & herbs for sauce, peppers for snacks and fajitas, beans we usually saute in olive oil with herbs and sometimes zucchini!
Thanks for the opportunity!
I soo wanted to do a raised bed this year but didn’t have the funds. This would be fabulous for the girls and I to have to grow our goodies and introduce them to gardening.
I live in Texas in an area where the soil is very basic and poor in organic matter so the only way to raise food plants is in a raised bed!! I would try to grow fresh herbs! Parsley, basil, lavender, rosemary and sage. I made Herbed Olive Oil Crackers once that were so good! ~Rosemary and Sage were the special ingredients ~yummy!!
I would plant leafy greens–lettuce, spinach, and kale–in my raised bed, and maybe some carrots, radishes, and onions. These would serve as the foundation for tasty salads for me and my little bean sprout!
I love to grow tomatoes and basil and make caprese salad
I’d use the raised bed to extend our growing area to grow more herbs. Love fresh herbs!! We use fresh basil to make pesto, and fresh oregano for sauce & pizza. At the end of the season we dry & fresh the herbs for use during the winter months.
I would actually like to win this for my Mom, who loves gardening, but is having problems with bending over to weed and harvest. If I won the bed we could raise it up for her and she could grow all the summer veggies and herbs she needed. I am thinking tomatoes, peppers, eggplant,basil. She makes a fantastic spaghetti with these ingredients. Thanks
Oh WOW-what a absolutely wonderful giveaway!!
I would grow the veggies that I put in a little container and send to work with husband each day (celery, sweet peppers, sugar snap peas.)
Thank you for a chance at these great items.
I want a raised bed dedicated to veggies and herbs for soup. I love making soup during the summer and freezing it for fresh from the garden soup all winter long. Tomatoes make a great soup base. Add bay leaves, rosemary, thyme, fresh parsley – these things would fill up that raised bed.
I would love to add a designated SALAD garden to my backyard “farm”…lettuce, carrots, herbs, radishes….etc…<3
anything grown in the garden is delicious! i would grow as many tomatoes as possible, the more varieties the better. fresh off the vine i’d serve them with just a little oil and vinegar and some chopped fresh basil–i’d can a bunch for the winter–the only problem is that i also love fried green tomatoes so much that it is hard to leave them on the plant long enough to ripen.
Running out of planting room here, so if I won, I’d finish off my summer planting with some bush beans, then plant it again in the fall with beets, carrots and lettuces. Thanks for the contest! Good luck, everyone!
I would raise tomatoes, eggplants and basil. I would marinate the tomatoes in oil and vinegar with the basil. We grill eggplant for a side dish. I can taste them already !
Wonderful ideas, everyone! We’re getting hungry just reading your comments, especially the serving ideas. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and good luck everyone in this random drawing.
What a grand prize! I would use the bed to make an herb and lettuce garden. Maybe throw in some carrots and radishes so I could have fresh wonderful healthy salads just by walking out the door!
I love squash/eggplant dishes so I would plant several varieties along with onions, tomatoes, garlic and peppers. I like to saute’ all the above and serve over pasta and top with spaghetti sauce and parmesan cheese. Oh I almost forgot about herbs. I love all kinds of herbs bc of their wonderful aromas. I grow many but don’t necessarily cook with them. I put snippets on my desk at work. It helps get me through the day sometimes.
Thank you!
This is awesome! I live in an apartment and out the back door we’ve got this tiny strip of dirt and weeds that I’ve been toying with attempting to grow some herbs in. This raised bed would fit perfectly in the space! I’d grow a salsa garden (tomatoes, peppers, cilantro) and then probably some basil and mint too for pesto and tea.
Tomatoes and Genovese Basil for Bruschetta and a salad with mozzarella!
I am a major pickler and want to grow a pickling garden! Cukes, Onions, Garlic, Dill as well as carrots and cauliflower. I am known for bringing a wide arrangement of pickled veggies to Summer BBQs.
We are so trying to get our place totally off grid and be self substanced. One of the things I so miss is the taste of the way old fashion fruits and veggies tasted like before GMO seeds came out OH how I urn for an old fashion Tomato! I would grow anything and everything I could! Getting back to Heritage seeds is a MUST for all of us to do for ourselves and Our children!
oooh, what a wonderful giveaway!!! I would love to plant another bed of tomatoes and basil and peppers – I’d use them for homemade salsa & margherita pizza. YUM!!
I would put cucumbers, radishes, nasturtiums, and some salad greens.
I would grow a salsa garden: tomatoes, peppers, onions and cilantro!
These items are perfect for rooftop gardens, which I am seeing more & more of.
Tomatoes!! I love them and I’d fix my favorite sandwiches with them, just sliced tomatoes, slice of cheese, mayo, and a little salt and pepper – TRULY my summer favorite!
What a cool idea! I would love to plant an herb garden or a strawberry patch.
In my early-season garden, radishes and peas abound. My family and I enjoy them together in a salad with home vinaigrette dressing.
Tomatoes, greens, and herbs for a nice big salad!
Would love to win this, my Back yard no longer has room for my veggies and a raised bed would be perfect for the side yard!! Great give away!!! *crossing my fingers*
All sorts of greens – kales, lettuces, Asian greens – plus beans and peas. A few tomatoes, a lot of zucchini. Thank you for this giveaway!
Fabulous! Love it!
We love growing our our vegetables to last through the winter and having fresh herbs for seasoning. They are so delicious and healthy for our family. I enjoyed the article; very informative and am looking forward to reading the book.
I’ve got a container garden started, but would love to add a few things! I’d love to plant some bell peppers for a vegan quinoa-stuffed pepper recipe I love to make, as well as get some tomatoes going (yellow pear and black cherry are my favorites) to add in to homemade pasta sauces. Some of the produce we grow goes to help feed elderly neighbors we have who live on a fixed income and often don’t have fresh fruits and veggies. It’s a good feeling to see them eating well and smiling knowing we’ve grown it ourselves.
Our climate means we plant a lot of peppers, fruits and herbs in the garden. I’m a big fan of making fruit salads, where my wife prefers using the herbs to grill chicken!
Every year I look forward to fresh tomatoes and every year my church family looks forward to my tomato pie. I also do a ‘cheat’ version by adding tomato to my grilled cheese sandwich but my favorite way to eat a tomato is with fresh cracked black pepper. YUM!
I think it would have a cherry tomato plant with some herbs and flowers
I would use a raised bed to grow tomatoes and herbs. I would use them in a variety of different foods as seasonings. Also I enjoy canning my tomatoes for a later date so they can be used year round.
We can’t seem to grow enough beets or Brussels sprouts! I think I’d use the entire box for them!
I would grow lettuce, other salad greens, and strawberries in a raised garden bed.
If I had a raised bed, I would plant tomatoes, basil, cilantro, peppers, zucchini, squash. With all of this I would make zucchini or squash parmesan with homemade sauce. Then for another meal, with the peppers I would kick it up a notch with some homemade salsa using all those yummy peppers!
All kinds of herbs so I could make my own herb infused oils for cooking/eating on bruschettas etc…
BTW, I like you and Bonnie Plants on facebook.
I would love to grow tomatoes. Pico de gallo is a favorite of mine (and my kids love it) so fresh tomatoes would make it fantastic!
I would plant cucumbers and green beans. I remember my grandma snapping green beans and making wonderful side dishes with them like green bean casserole. I would use the cucumbers for salads, I would also put them with tomatoes and onions in vinegar water for a nice side dish. And then try pickling some. My son wants to try growing carrots so that would be fun to try and the uses would be endless.
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I have the Grocery Gardening book already, it’s wonderful. I would love to win this to give to my daughter, she has limited space for a garden, but this raised bed would work well for her & her sons to grow some squash & other veggies that don’t really fit into her little garden area right now.
I would plant tomatoes, cayenne peppers and onions to make tomato relish. Love some tomato relish on peas and butterbeans. Love to make enough to share with friends and family.
I hed a raised bed I would have plant Ynmmy sweet peppers chol.cherry sweet tomatoes strawbeeries sweet banana peppers and lettuce. would make star fry salsa and strawberrie pie
I would like to grow a bunch of Thai basil and Variety of hot and sweet bell peppers because everything if so far and expensive to buy. Also a like bit of strawberries and snap peas are good too because my little girls love all kind of fruits and veggies so it’s a win win for me.
I love gardening. I would love to have a raised garden for vegetables and flowers.
This is really a neat site with great ideas that will help.
It would be great to win the giveaway to get me started.
Thanks
I’m interested in growing heirloom tomates to make rich, flavorful salsa. I would also like to have rosemary, oregano, mint, lavender and other aromatic herbs to flavor oils and ice cubes. Yummy!
At our house everything that does not go into salad goes to the bbq. Our french breakfast radishes and romaine are almost ready for first harvest salads, while it will be a while before the snow peas are ready. Broccoli, zucchini’s and red onions will be sooo good on the bbq with our fabulous Northwest salmon. Yesterday the pumpkins seeds went in…only need a couple of big ones for Halloween. Love watching them grow. Last year we carved our names in them while they were small and they were a fun conversation piece in the garden until picking time!
I would love to try some heirloom tomatoes…maybe some of the yellow ones to use in some of the many Italian dishes we love to eat!
I have been purchasing Bonnie Plants for several years. I am thrilled by the knowledge that they are Non-Gmo and have been actively singing their praises on facebook. Good luck everyone….
Lots of great comments, everyone! I knew this would be a popular giveway… Please be sure to tell us what foods you’d like to grow, and how you like to serve them at home. We love hearing all your ideas. Teresa
My favorite summer salad is fresh yellow or green squash cut in ribbons with a veggie peeler girlled with olive oil and fresh garlic, placed on top of fresh picked spinach, basil and cherry tomatos, for the dressing 3 parts oilve oil 1 part vinegar 1 clove fresh garilc and some oregano leaves cut small, so good tates like summer! I got to get some spinach planted!
I’ve planted black cherry tomatoes, and green peppers to help make our salads sweeter.
If I had a raised bed I would plant a medicinal herb garden and use them to make teas.
I tried a container garden last year and it did okay. I think I like the traditional raised bed garden better and will be having one again this year.
I would plant more tomatoes! I’m out of space and could use another bed. Then I’d make lots of caprese and salsa and ketchup!!! 😀
I will be planting a pizza box! Tomatoes, basil, bell peppers, onions and spinach! It should make some delicious oven baked pizzas for this summer.
I would love to grow tomatos, cilantro and jalapenos for salsa and some lettiuce and cucumbers to go with the tomatos to make fresh salads. Yummmmy
I’d plant eggplants, we love Roasted Eggplant Soup
I have planted my garden but would live to setup a raised bed for my Mom. She could tend to a raised bed much easier. My mom makes the best BLT so I’d plant some Talladega tomatoes. Fried Talladega tomatoes are amazing with bacon, lettuceand fresh basil from the garden. (I’d also plant some catnip for Grady, her kitty, so ha could keep her company in the yard!) happy planting!
Oh… And mom makes a great roasted red pepper cream sauce to dress the sandwich!
I would grow tomatoes and peppers. Also herbs like basil, cilantro, and rosemary. My son love tomatoes, if we grow them he will eat them right off the plant. I would make an amazing marinara with the veggies.
If I were to win I would grow tomatoes, herbs, and nasturtiums for nourishment for my body, mind, and soul.
I’d love to grow veggies in a raised bed!
Sign me up! I’d love this for my daughter’s school- the kids would love growing some cherry tomatoes and strawberries to get them through summer school!
I would fill my raised bed with herbs and install it closer to my kitchen than my big garden is. I use herbs often but it’s a hike to the garden. I even have a spot picked out!! I also found out just this year that Bonnie Plants have no genetically engineered plants. Super!
I would grow garlic and carrots in my raised bed.
I love carrots steamed with a bit of honey and lemon pepper.
I love growing greens in raised beds…lettuce, chard, spinach, mesclun mix, etc. It’s fun to grow them in a pattern, creating garden “art”. Sometimes it turns out so pretty that I don’t ever want to harvest it, but when I do, I use the leaves in salads, smoothies, veggie lasagna, other pasta dishes, and for stuffing.
Tomatoes, Tomatillos, garlic and Jalepenos. I enjoy making fresh guacamole and these ingredients add a few more layers of flavor to the standard guacamole.
My house sit on 4 lots and we garden about 2 of those lots we use to till the whole garden area but was alot of work so now we have went to raised beds. The only thing is finding things to make raised beds out of since money is a problem lol. I have made some out of old blocks . I don’t think I would ever go back the old way raised beds is where it at . We plant tomatoes ,peppers, onions,garlic,cabbage, okra, the list goes on and on. I make salsa and sell it by the case as long as my tomatoes hold up they do wonderful in raised beds. and it is nice to have the green onions with each meal Happy Gardening
This is my 1st year using raised beds and started with my favorites
Tomatoes and Basil for my tomatoe & Basil, Mozzerella dish.
Sometimes just have I for a lunch and it’s so much better growing it
Fresh.
I would like to grow tomatoes and yellow squash to make cousa (Lebanese stuffed squash) with my grandmother’s recipe!!
I would love to try this type gardening!!!!
Thanks for all the great ideas everyone. Don’t forget: We want to hear what foods you’d like to grow in your raised bed, and how you like to serve it. 😉 There have been some very yummy ideas so far. Please keep them coming, and good luck to you all!
Hope I Win! I could use the help!
tomatoes and broccoli are our favorites to grow, yummy on a fresh from the garden salad
I would plant heirloom tomatoes (like Black Krim, Mama Leone, Kellogg’s Breakfast etc) and honestly just eat them plain with salt and pepper! Maybe some tomato and cucumber salad too. Mmm I love garden fresh tomatoes!
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I would definitely plant several different types of tomatoes. We love to eat them on salads, make salsa and trying new recipes too.
Ooooh What WOULDNT I plant? We have a love affair with tomatoes and cucumbers. Since we already have several of our veggies already in the ground for the spring season I think I would plant melons in this raised bed if I were lucky enough to win. Thanks for hosting such an exciting giveaway!!
I loved raised beds! I’d love some chard and leeks. I saute them with chicken/apple sausage and serve over spaghetti noodles. My kids love it!
I would love to win this — I need SOMETHING to jump start me into the vegetable garden!! I would plant, basil, tomatoes, peppers and I love the idea of starting a Pizza Garden – what a good way to start. I would hope to plant Swiss chard, spinach, sage, onions, garlic — the stuff we eat! On a regular basis I add any of the vegetables listed to pasta — or rice, or sauted up over polenta. Thanks for the opportunity!!
I’d love to try a pizza garden with the space dedicated to my kids’ use. They help us in our container garden but they would love to have their own garden space to do their own gardening.
I would love to plant a salad garden so I can take fresh salads to work.
An herb garden would be wonderful too as I like to make homemade dinners and use fresh seasonings.
I would grow a variety of tomatoes. I eat tomatoes in my omelettes daily.
I’ve been ‘raised bed’ gardening for the last three years. I have a minimal amount of sun throughout the day so I have three TINY raised beds. But I’ve packed them with the good stuff: 4 varieties of tomatoes, bell peppers, sweet banana peppers, ichiban eggplant, cucumbers and collards! I even compost to make my own dirt. Can’t wait ’til I have a tomato big enough for a fat tomato sandwich! YUMMEEE!
I see an attractive yet functional salad bowl—a raised bed of swirling lettuce rosettes. Greens such as the tall romaines will rub its foliage against leafy lettuce dressed in hues of burgundy to green and variegated stripes and freckles. They will surround short, plump, almost chartreuse butterhead lettuce. To ramp up the taste buds, there has to be plenty of mesclun, arugula, beet greens, and the peppery foliage of nasturtiums and mustard greens. To top off the visual part of this bed and add variety to salads will be the ferny foliage of carrots, and the ever so quick-growing radish, poked in here and there, while everything is still small. In addition, spikes of green onions grown from sets will add some heat to the salad.
For my favorite Caesar salad:
Burgundy and green leaf romaine, torn into bite-size pieces.
Grate parmesan cheese over the top.
Instead of croutons, sprinkle a handful of American native species pecans, that are not as large or sweet as the hybrids.
Organic Lighthouse Caesar Dressing to lightly coat ingredients (one serving use approximately 1 tablespoon.)
A little sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste.
Toss, serve, and enjoy!
If I were lucky enough to win this prize I think I would go for growing cantalope & watermelon again. I haven’t had room for them in years and would gladly place that give up “lawn” space for a raised bed. It is just impossible to dig a bed in that nice sunny area. Soil is too hard and full of tree roots.
In cool season I would use the space to increase my okra crop (for gumbo & the treat of fried okra) and I would at least double my greens – With more kale we could share this nutrious & delicious treat with the neighbors!
I would plant sime of the extra tomato seedlings I have
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I have a small herb garden by my back door. I have tarragon, boxwood basil, sweet basil, lemon balm, thyme, oregano, lemon verbena, pineapple sage, and newest addition curry. I also have okra across the back wall. I thinking of adding bunching onions. But where of where can I put my cukes and tomatoes and peppers and squash. I live tomatoes with fresh basil and monzerella cheese. Cukes in vinegar maybe even little tomatoe with a little lemon verbena. Oh squash on the grill basted with butter. Well it’s just all good! Yes I want to grow my own food! I’m scared of what’s in the grocery store. More bad than good these days. I ‘d love to have the informative book also. My three year old granddaughter is learning to love growing things this year. And that makes me very happy. Pass it on grandmas!!!
I would grow rhubarb, cucumber, lemon cucumber, yellow squash, sugar snap peas, radishes, basil, cilantro, pear tomatoes, scallions, and onions.
Tomatoes & Squash! Perfect summer veggies as sides for dinner or love tomatoes in my salad!
This would be perfect for our new house. I would love to grow tomato and basil to make bruschetta with.
My favorite thing out of my garden is a fresh tomato, garlic and basil salad with some fresh mozzarella cheeses and drizzled with olive oil. Delicious!!!
My favorite thing to plant in a raised bed is . . . squash! Homegrown squash is the best! I just slice it, fry with onion and season with butter and salt and pepper! THE BEST!!
Hot peppers, tomatoes and onions for a backyard salsa!
In my raised bed, I would keep it running all year long. I live in Texas, so during the summer I would put some taller okra plants in the back and watermelon along the front. Then planting for the fall I would plant beans , carrots and chard and in the winter I would plant kale and other greens.
Okra is best served fried, but the others would hit my table raw and ready to eat.
I would love to plant tomatos and squash and zucchini. These items are high in our area. I love to slice and put them right on the grill with spices topped.
I LOVE growing Bonnie plants and veggies! We already have some Bonnie strawberries and have enjoyed our first harvest. If I won this contest, I would love to plant 1) Big Boy tomatoes (my Daddy’s favorite), and 2) I would love to lightly bread them and fry them up for a delicious summertime lunch of Fried Green Tomatoes! There are few things in life I love more than Fried Green Tomatoes!
I come from a long line of good (and not so good) gardeners. My daughter says I’m one fern shy of becoming the crazy plant lady in our neighborhood…..but can you really have a garden that’s too pretty? No….I think not. I just love growing plants. All kinds bring me much relaxation and joy! <3 Thanks for reading my entry!
I LOVE growing Bonnie plants and veggies! We already have some Bonnie strawberries and have enjoyed our first harvest. If I won this contest, I would love to plant 1) Big Boy tomatoes (my Daddy’s favorite), and 2) I would love to lightly bread them and fry them up for a delicious summertime lunch of Fried Green Tomatoes!
I would loves this kit! I want to teach my kids how to grow there own food and teach them that with a little effort you can get rewarded in many ways!
I would love to plant more lettuce and peppers,first year planting and didn’t plant enough. I love variety in my salads !
What an exciting prize package! I am out of room in my small garden and my kids are dying to try every variety of pepper they saw at our local nursery last weekend. My 15y/o loves hot peppers and wants to try creating her own hot sauce. This prize would be great to help get that started. If I had more room, I would love to plant more varieties of tomato. With the peppers and maters as well as the herbs I already have we could make some AMAZING spaghetti sauce and SALSA!
I have already started yellow squash, hubbard squash, zucchini, white squash…I love the white squash in a casserole with cheese and breakcrumbs. I found out last year I could freeze it and it turns out wonderfully so I’m planting way more this year. Also planting Sweet Basil, Thai basil, lots and lots of tomatoes in several different varieties, onions, peppers in several varieties, peas, green beans, artichokes, spaghetti squash — we’re cutting down on carbs and the spaghetti squash is a great substitute. Also have rosemary, sage, sweet marjoram, and thyme. Love the herbs in both cooking and teas. Thai basil is awesome in soups…I throw it in for just the last few minutes of cooking.
I love gardening, fresh tomatoes, onions, basil, squash, peppers it’s all so good but my soil is not too good where I am right now. I think I may have to go to raised beds to be able to grow anything. Would love to use this to get started.
I would like to teach my kids to grow tomatoes and peppers and onions cilantro they love salsa and this would be great for them to learn what it takes to make it
We would grow Tomatoes, Cilantro, Basil, Peppers (Jalapeno & Bell).. would be our favorite to grow to make Salsa. We put salsa on our tacos, put on chips, and use in cooking to flavor things up. Cilantro tastes so good just snipping off and eating it out of the garden. And Tomato Sandwiches :). Also Cucumbers, Lettuce mixed in with some of the tomatoes and have salads. We also love Cantaloupe & Watermelon :).. We would love to try Cabbage for homemade cole slaw.
We use tons of canned tomatoes in our recipe, so the tomatoes will be canned as well. Also, we make home-made pizzas, and the toppings would come in handy, they taste so good with bell peppers and jalapenos .. as well as tomatoes.. if you make a taco pizza.. yum. I would love to try my hand at making home-made pizza sauce out of the tomatoes too. Yum. I love to sit and just eat the tomatoes when they are bursting with sun warmth, especially the cherry tomatoes (which I get all of them since no one else in the family likes those :), Want to try a year round garden and be self-sufficient for our family – make everyone healthier with Bonnie 
I’d like to grow basil, dill and oregano so I could make my own pesto and tsaziki this summer!
i would plant veggies. love veggies for soups, salads, and just to eat fresh.
I would love a raised bed, especially for a Fall/Winter garden. I really want my youngest daughter to incorporate more veggies in her diet and would love to plant carrots, onions, potatoes and lettuce. My soil is heavy clay and can be hard to amend. I also like the idea of being able to move it during the night back to a warmer spot if needed during the cold months. We have a lot of fruit trees, herbs, grapes and nut trees and we have a large garden plot for the pure joy of insect observation and bird happiness that is filled to the brim with wildflower. I love gardening, nothing feels as good as garden brimming with a bounty, not just for me and my family but also wildlife, who as cheesy as it sounds…is my family too. Enjoy your gardens everyone!
Every year, my daughter helps me in the garden. I would love to give her her very own bed to grow her favorites. She/we would plant heirloom tomatoes, bell peppers, melons and cucumbers. She loves seeing the progress from seed to table. The best way to teach children to eat healthy, is to let them grow food too.
I love Bonnie Plants.
I work at Home Depot and customers come in all the time and tell me that their Bonnie Plants are doing the best of all that they planted. They planted seeds at first, but came back in to buy more Bonnie Plants! I planted a green pepper plant last year and I never have to buy peppers at the grocery store! I use the green jug plant food, it is amazing! I would definitely plant Stevia, Orange Mint, Lemon Verbena and Lemon Balm. I would use these herbs to put through a boiling water/strainer process to make teas. The garden would look beautiful and smell beautiful too. 
I would plant this bad boy full of the standard summer veggies – tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, beans, maybe corn, and herbs – along the alley side of my garage for the neighborhood kids to pick from. All are great for grilling – which we do a lot in my neighborhood from May til first frost!
I would plant tomatoes, cucumbers, and bell peppers. We love a fresh salad, would aslo make fresh salsa.
I’d love a raised bed! We are trying to start a garden, but so far it has not been great – too much clay! We love to grow tomato, zucchini, butternut squash, all kinds of peppers, peas, green beans… I love having fresh veggies to make our homemade pizza, zucchini bread, roasted veggies and I love popping cherry tomatoes and green beans right off the plant! There is nothing like completely fresh, organic veggies! I’d also love to try planting watermelon – my 9 month old loves it!
I would plant eggplant, yellow squash, tomatos, lettuce, and assorted peppers. My favorite dish to make is eggplant parmigiana. Plus a few herbs to go along with my veggies. Good luck everyone.
I would love to start a garden and this would be a wonderful way to start. I haven’t had the time because of work so this would be perfect for me.
I would of course start out with Roma Tomato’s, and Beefsteak Tomato’s surrounding them with herbs such as basil, thyme, oregano, chives, dill and parsley. This would give me a great beginning to all my favorite Italian dishes like the homemade lasagna that I’m craving right now.
Then of course as in the past at my other house, I would only trust Bonnie Plants to give me a bountiful harvest all summer. They never fail to produce great results no matter what your need should happen to be.
I have only Bonnie Plants in my garden. This will definitely be the last year for two of my boxes, so a replacement would be great! Since my family can’t seem to get enough of my bread ‘n butter pickles, I would probably put in cucumbers or maybe more of a lettuce blend. There’s nothing better than to watch my daughter go to the garden, get some lettuce, bring it in to wash and make herself a fresh salad straight from the garden!
I would plant tomatoes, basil and other herbs. I would use the tomatoes in various ways and infuse water with herbs.
This is my first year of having a garden and I am hooked! I had no idea that I had a green thumb! We plan to do a raised garden next time as this year we did a hanging garden. I’d like to plant some spinach, squash, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, and whatever else to feed the garden addiction!
I will grow cherry tomatoes, zucchini squash, thyme, basil, chives, maybe even some flowers. Peas of some sort would be great too. Maybe the three sisters, corn, peas, and yellow squash, peppers, maybe even some of those yellow pear tomatoes Bonnie is always talking about.
I will roast the cherry tomatoes with a little olive oil and parmesan cheese. The zucchini will be sauteed in olive oil and garlic. I will probably roast the peppers too. If I added a little curly lettuce, I could make a beautiful summer salad. Oh, the possibilities are endless.
I would plant tomatoes, garlic, and herbs, for a good tasting and good smelling garden. My serving ideas include taking the cherry tomatoes and sharing them with others, and making pizzas, spaghetti, so many possibilities!
Cherry tomato’s, cucumbers, sweet red peppers, basil and broccoli! Love these tossed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar and put on skewers! Great grab and go food!!
I adore fresh salsa. we have a brand new home and are dying to have a small manageable garden full of tomatoes, tons of peppers and herbs. we love our food spicy and full of flavor, so they would be part of every dish.
Oh how i would love to grow heirloom tomatoes, chili peppers, and lots of different herbs i don’t believe there ia a vegetable I wouldn’t plant and eat. I dream of southern fried okra, stuffed zucchini,fresh green salads, zucchini bread, there is just too much to list it all. With the price of groceries now I would be able to growe healthy food. And I would be able tmy family would be yummy. There just isn’t enough money to pay bills, buy food we need for heart disease and diabetes.
I would certainly plant garlic scapes and tomatoes. Nothing beats a home grown tomato, and sauteed w/ fresh garlic scapes they are delicious over pasta!
I would use my raised garden “ALL YEAR ROUND” tomatoes-peppers n lettuce in season and to winter over my “Bonsai” plants in the cold weather (must bury the plants and pots to keep them from freezin the root system.)
In my raised garden I would plant okra, squash, tomatoes, lettuce, melons, green beans and herbs. I would also try to start an asparagus bed, I’ve been wanting to do that for years.
I love salads, fresh herbs and the many dishes that can be prepared with fresh produce. I live alone now, but still love the fresh vegetables from a garden and love to share the bounty with neighbors. Thank you for the opportunity to participate.
I would love to grow tomatoes, large and grape. My grandson eats them like candy! I would also like to grow spinach, carrots and radishes. I would really love to try chickpeas but not sure they would grow well in a northern climate. I like to eat raw veggies, sometimes chopped together and mixed with hummus, which is my favorite.
Yay! Any way to get more people gardening is a great thing! Think of all of the oil you are saving when you grow your own food at home and eat seasonally instead of buying Mexican tomatoes at Safeway.
I would enjoy the raised bed so much! The ground in my yard is so hard. I have red clay. A raised bed will allow me to grow my new husband’s favorite vegetables! He loves radishes, garlic and onions. I recently cooked the radish tops. You put a little olive oil in the pan and saute the tops with garlic and some fresh onion! It has a very unique taste.
I would love to inspire my grandchildren and introduce them to gardening. This raised bet would be perfect for them. I would love to teach them to raise their own produce! I would love to plant tomatoes, basil, peppers. Would be great for making Grilled Naan pizzas with fresh mozzarella, In addition, squash is great as well to stuff with sausage, parm cheese and saute vegetables and roasted red pepper italian dressing sprinkled with bread crumbs and shredded cheese and baked in oven until bubbly and melty. YUMMM!
I’d love a raised bed to grow more tomato varieties. I can’t get enough of fresh tomatoes in salads.
I would plant some Roma tomatoes, plus others.I love to make Salsa and Spaggetti Sauce. Basil , Rosemary and Oregano are great additions for many of my tomato sauces and other foods.I can’t wait for pizza with fresh tomatoes, tomato chowder soup and BLT’S. I like to plant several other things for healthy eating.
I’ve gardened in containers for years, but would really enjoy having a ‘regular’ garden again.
There would have to be Sugar Snap Peas, definitely – although they never seem to make it to the kitchen. Green beans – simmered with a ham hock or bacon and onion until tender – and some to freeze for winter. Carrots to freeze and serve with honey and dill when the cold, winter months are upon us. Cherry tomatoes cut in half and mixed with thin slices of cucumber and onion, then topped with a sweet and sour dressing. Definitely cucumbers for the tomato salad, but also for pickling – just a few small batches of lime pickles or bread ‘n’ butters. And, herbs – the tender ones grown around the base of the tomatoes for shade. Maybe a Roma tomato or two for sauces – they make the best chili and tomato soup when it’s cold outside. Onions and bell peppers for sure – stuff the peppers with a sausage and brown rice filling – freeze some, eat some now!
I always use simple recipes – they’ve been the family favorites forever. I also put up as much as I can – fill the freezer and line the cupboards with mason jars full of summer’s bounty.
And, if there’s extra veggies, they get shared with the neighbors – always.
Swiss Chard, Bell Peppers, Lettuces, Cucumbers – anything I can eat while out in my garden. For me this is “out to lunch.”
Eggplants, tomatoes, basil and parsley. Then I would make eggplant parm all summer!
I have some great artichokes from Bonnie’s growing in the front yard right now! A raised bed would be great for some root veggies–carrots, beets, and parsnips. Maybe even some potatoes! I love to roast these veggies with some olive oil and herbs for a tasty side dish.
I’m a novice at gardening, but I would probably try some lettuces and herbs. It would be great to have salads from the garden rather than buying pre-packaged ones or produce from very far away.
I just started far too many seed in a greenhouse than will fit in my current garden space, this is perfect!
I would plant my tomatoes and basil and peppers in the raised bed. Tomatoes are the staples of my garden. I eat them raw all summer long, in salads, grilled, roasted, dried, and I freeze some to use in the winter. I always make a lot of salsa with the peppers and tomatoes also. And of course, caprese salad! I know these aren’t elaborate recipes, but with homegrown veggies, there is no need for the fuss!
I would plant my favorite tomato! The best for fresh summer meals in salads with mozzarella or home made salsa YUM!! And of course herbs to go with all my fresh veggies. P.S. this bed would be great to keep my Puppy out!!
How exciting! I’ve been curious about raised beds for sometime since I live in a hard clay zone. I would grow onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, sweet bananna peppers, and have recently thought about trying asparagus. I would place various herbs randomly throughout the bed just for fun.
I would plant tomatoes, cukes and peppers, and probably try to throw in a few herbs and some flowers for pollination and insect control!!! The tomatoes and cukes we would mostly eat raw right off the vine and use some for salads and more!
I would love it for tomatoes, cucumbers, zucinni, califlower,lettuce….I love salads of all kinds. I also make zucinni chips for my kids and hubby loves pasta…..:)
I would love to plant tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, onions, and maybe even some corn or melons! I’d love to have a fresh homegrown salad, or maybe brushetta with those tomatoes, and roast the corn on the grill to serve with burgers!
I would plant tomatoes, parsley, eggplant, peppers, basil and cilantro.
I love making bruschetta in the summer, and fresh tomato soup, and Neapolitan pizza.
We retired & moved from IL to AR in November . Due to the rocky soil in our yard my husband made a raised garden for us. We already have blossoms on the tomato’s we started from seeds we dried. We planted radishes, onions, beans, broccoli, peppers, etc. We love to garden; eat, can or freeze our crops! Being on a fixed income now we’d love to have another space to grow vegetables. Love to grow, cook & eat from our garden!! Thanks for an opportunity to have more garden space!!
We grow lots of wonderful things, but we look forward to heirloom tomatoes and basil the most. We love to make caprese, bruschetta, and make tons of pesto to freeze for the winter. Thanks for the great giveaway!
There are so many fantastical plants I want to grow I do not even know how to list them all. My yard is sloped and for use of space I have made 2 raised beds for my garden. One has a few herbs in it and there is another in which I will have vegetables.
I would love to create more since my yard is sloped and utilize my space while also growing Strawberries and Blueberries in the boxes I want to build that will be down on my slope.
The idea of becoming self-sufficient and eating organically sounds like a wonderful plan to me.
I am missing some herbs from my garden that I do want badly such as Cumin, Fennel, and Mint.
Vegetable wise I would love to plant Beans, Tomato, and maybe some other wonderful plant.
I love the idea of raised box gardens and hope to have more.
I have struggled with Indiana Weeds for 4 years. This year trying plastic mulch. Growing alot of tomatoes, peppers and melons and cucumbers. One of my favorite summer salads..Tomatoes, sweet peppers, mushrooms, zucchini and avocados, with Italian dressing…such a refreshing veggie mix in the summer and oh so good. Most of the produce is canned for the rest of the year. Some tomatoes also used for canning salsa and spagetti sauce. My one raised garden is Herbs with sprouts of lettuce. It is small, would love to expand my raised beds. But it is prolific. Love it. I also use alot of my veggies to cook up in my paella pan with chicken, or shrimp or beef. Mmmm.
Would love to grow more tomatoes and lots of peppers. I want to try to make homemade salsa and hot pepper jelly this year. Never made these before.
Our property is included on an Upstate SC farm tour in June–but we don’t live on a farm! Instead, we were asked to join the tour to show people how much food can be grown in a typical backyard–or in containers. I have several beds but would be thrilled to add this raised bed to show the visitors how to use square foot gardening principles and companion planting to really maximize the amount of food that can be grown. (Plus, I’m always a sucker for a new gardening book!) 😉 Thanks so much for the opportunity!
I will grow Okra and chillis in this beautiful planter…and I would serve it as my favorite dish, fried Okra mixed in lots and lots of onion and tomatoes masala. yum
I would grow either green veggies or herbs. I eat and juice so many greens. Mainly I steam my veggies and eat them at just about every meal, even for breakfast! I’ve lived in the city my entire life, until last year and want to grow more than just some flowers, but the property here is mostly covered with decorative gravel/rocks. This kind of box would be a place where I could finally grow some food! I never saw these before, great idea! I’m a newbie grower with much to learn, but eager.
I would use it for a pizza style garden (tomatoes, peppers, onions, oregano, parsley, basil, etc). Then have a summer full of fresh pizza, spaghetti sauce, stuffed peppers…I just made myself hungry.
our family loves salsa so we grow tomatoes, onions and peppers
Hi everyone! I would love to experiment this year with eggplant, cucumbers and a curry plant! I love to cook indian food so I would make a curried eggplant dish with a cool raita.
I would grow tomatoes, squashes, garlic & onions! We recently moved in with my mom, so we have 8 people in one household. More gardening is what we need to do! We make all kinds of things, from fritters to fresh salads with veggies.
In our Backyard Raised Garden we (My Girl and I) are growing: Cherry Tomatoes, Potatoes x2, Lettuce x2, Carrots, Peas, Lima Beans, Peppers x3, Sweet Corn, Garlic, Cantaloupe, Cucumbers and Strawberries. We are planning on adding: Green Beans, more Peppers. Our Garden isn’t big enough to add any more…see the Garden Photos on the Facebook page (Backyard Garden Plot / Varmit Screen Protector): http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.405632519450222.112154.100000104318130&type=3
Everybody: We are loving your comments, and it’s obvious many of you are eating very well! Thanks so much for participating. We’re reading every comment, even if we can’t respond to each of you personally.
Just, keep sharing what foods you’d like to grow — and how you like to serve them. Good luck everyone, and keep growing your own groceries! Your family, friends and health will thank you. Teresa
i would grow tomatoes for putting on tacos and sandwiches
After 2 years of successful gardening in my backyard, I am expanding to help some family members with small areas use containers and raised beds. So rewarding. We are looking forward to tomatoes, squash, peas, beans, lettuce… all the traditional stuff… and trying HARD to be successful with watermelon this year! Our favorite use is in FRESH salads. Throw them into a bowl and instant YUM! We also grow lots of Walla Walla onions! GREAT on hamburgers!
I want room to grow more squash and cucumbers, to can !!
I’m currently growing a salsa garden now with Better Boy tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, jalapeños and a few herbs.
I would love to have a raised bed full of everbearing strawberries for strawberry milkshakes, jam, shortcake and I found an amazing sounding strawberry cobbler recipe that I need to try!
Yum! We are loving everyone’s comments. Keep ’em coming. You still have about 10 hours more to enter. Good luck everyone.
My husband and I are both vegans for almost 4 years now consuming only organic vegetables – I’d like to grow my own organic tomatoes, basil, bell peppers, zucchinis, cilantro, green onions, parsley, dill weed, mint, and eggplants.
With the tomatoes,parsley, mint, green onions and the green bell peppers I make our most often consumed Tabooli salad with bulgur being the main ingredient, tomatoes, mint, lots of parsley, green onions, olive oil, lemon juice, salt & pepper to be mixed in a raw green salad.
With the eggplants, tomatoes, basil, sauteed onions, and red bell peppers- we make a grilled eggplant and bell peppers salad with olive oil and lemon juice, salt & pepper.
Thanks for a chance to win.
I’d plant jalapenos, tomatoes, peppers, and onions. (How much space is it exactly?) 😉 I would make homemade salsa. Making me hungry already!
I would grow a whole bed of edamame and kale! My daughter and I love snacking on freshly steamed soy beans with a little bit of sea salt and baking kale chips!
tomato, basil, jalapeno’s… pizza’s with local cheeses and salsa !
I love to plant a patch of fava beans. You never find them in stores and seldom even in big farmers markets. All they need is a roll around in a bit of olive oil a sprinkle of salt and red chile flakes and a few minutes on the grill ( or hot oven) and you have the best appetizer we’ve ever had !! Everyone we’ve served them to loved them even though most had never heard of them before
I would love this! We rent too and a portable plot sounds like just what we need! I would use it to plant a child’s garden.
Sunflowers, green beans, brussel sprouts, basil, a garlic, a couple onions, carrots and easter egg radishes because they are ALL so fun to grow and harvest! Oh and a lil spinach to make a salad with what we don’t use for pizza. 😉 A 4×4 plot can hold alot if you do it right! 
I’d try to squeeze in as many plants as I could. I do so lettuces,black krim tomatoes, herbs (lemon balm, lemon basil, purple basil, a whole lot of different basils, mint, oregano, sage), luffa vine, cucumbers, green onions, grape tomatoes, ginger & garlic maybe. I live in Miami, it’s always warm here.
What would I make? Salads, pizza, basil lemonade, basil infused vodka, garlic pasta w/fresh cherry tomatoes & basil,curries (with the luffa) & luffa sponges.
I’m hoping to put raised beds in this year as our soil is hard clay and the constant rain floods my regular beds. (they are still unworkable and muddy) I would love to grow tomatoes, Asian eggplants, peppers; red bell and chili peppers like pasillas, lots of basil (you can never have too much basil), different summer/zucchini squashes, cucumbers, winter squashes, potatoes, and root veggies- the works! We are a family of 4 vegetarians and buying organic groceries are breaking the bank, so the more I can grow the better. Besides making veggie sandwiches, a ratatouille would be good don’t ya think?
1) I will grow tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes (which I only eat in the summertime!) and basil, rosemary, and nasturtium.
2) These ingredients will be used in many summer salads, and for flavoring my famous grilled chicken. The nasturtiums are a delight for the eye and palate!
Thanks!
I love to grow herbs in my kitchen window to have them available while cooking
Tomatoes for salsa
i would grow things like beets, radishes and herbs. the box would be near my chicken coop and would be all of their favorites!
I would love to grow tomatoes, peppers, zucchini and some herbs….The possibilities are endless with the things I could cook with these…salsa, stuffed peppers, salsa, tomato sauce, salsa…(I love salsa
I so need a raised bed! I would grow tomatoes and squash and cucumbers. Can’t wait for fried squash and BLTs!
I would grow tomatoes, herbs of all sorts, berries, peppers, and lots and lots of greens. I’m trying to switch to a more raw food based diet so growing my own vegetables would be amazing. I love to serve tomato salads with strawberries and fresh spinach along with salad dressing made of the herbs I grow.
I would love a raised bed. I would plant carrots, radishes, lettuce, herbs. It would look so cute and colorful. So excited about the idea of winning!!!
I’ve been considering setting up a raised bed for my tomato seedlings, basil plant, and strawberries, and also to utilize some of my new compost bin’s output! I’m happy to eat the strawberries as they are, but would couple the tomatoes and basil with mozzarella and fresh bread for a summer treat. =)
parsnips, just peel and steam, and serve with a little butter….love them, but hard to get many to germinate even with fresh new seed and lots of patience..
I was just thinking I need to put in some strawberries and this bed would be great for them! Then I could make strawberry ice cream and strawberry shortcake and strawberry cake!
Tomatoes with baby lettuce and served with mozzarella cheese and drizzle of olive oil
I will like to grow a variety of tomatoes including some heirlooms of course, many herbs like parsley, cilantro , dill, mint, rosemary, garlic and all kinds of onions , green,red,and Spanish also hot and sweet peppers, maybe some potatoes. To start I will make a great fajitas using most of the vegetables and herbs then a salsa, I also forgot Lettuce okay I am going to run out of room for my artichoke which I love just boil with some vinaigrette with a lot of garlic, did I mention everybody love our recipe for potato salad. My family and I could really appreciate a raised bed and all the goodies included to have a healthier and fresh meals Thank you. By the way thanks for the recipe on tabbouleh I will make it soon
Also forgot to tell you that will be great to have a raised bed because our soil is very clay soil and that will serve as a cold frame in the winter to gro winter veggies; like cabbages. i Know I entered a little late but i just found out about the contest but if i dont win because of that is understandable and I just enjoy telling you all about what i will plant etc.
It’s simple, but I’ve always wanted to grow tomatoes and basil – if just for the fact that I could eat those two items (maybe occasionally with a bit of fresh mozzarella) every day for the rest of my life!
WOW! What wonderful ideas. All of you have us excited to harvest our own gardens ASAP and put some of these serving suggestions to practice. We look forward to seeing your gardens this season and hope you join our community online. Let us know how it grows! Thanks to SeasonalWisdom.com for hosting such a tasty contest. Good luck to each of you.
~Bonnie Plants
I’d love to grow carrots, tomatoes, squash, peppers, onions and beans. I’d also like to throw in a few flowers for color.
Sounds yummy, Christy. Just wanted to confirm, however, that this giveaway has ended, and a winner has been selected. Thanks for stopping by!
Basil is always a top pick! This year, we planted about a dozen varieties of basil. They are so easy to grow and I just love how they look. I love to make bruschetta or pasta sauce out of them. YUM!
We would plant a little basil, a tomato plant or two, a green pepper plant, a little oregano, and some cat-nip. The first four ingredients would compliment my pasta sauce – it’s always so much better with fresh ingredients. The last trip to the vet’s yielded a note from the doctor stating our cats were a little overweight (actually, a lot over-weight). The cat-nip might provide them a little more entertainment outside and keep them away from food bowl a bit more.
Hi Greg: Just wanted to confirm this giveaway has already ended. But thanks for sharing your ideas.
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