I've had my own garden around 4 years. Grew up doing the compost heap and turning/amending the soil in my Mom's garden. Spemnt many years wishing I had some soil and reading a lot about many soil and gardening and greenhouse topics as a substitute.
I mainly took up gardening because I like cultivating the soil! Other people's flowers used to seem "effete" or boring and I liked few vegetables. But I like digging and repairing "useless dirt" so it becomes "fertile soil".
Then I discovered drainage issues through creating mud wallows.
Raised beds plus sunken walkways/trenches now are a major hobby.
Now I appreciate many flowers, and even like a few veggies.
I keep trying new veggies to find another one I really like!
Bok Choy
Snow Peas
mild radishes
fresh very ripe tomatoes
leaf broccoli : "Spigariello Liscia", "Broccolo Spigariello", Brassica oleracea var. 'Spigariello'
tall Delphiniums
Salvia
African marigolds
Lobelia
Alyssum
some bulbs, esp Hyacinth
