| I have always wanted to make my own salsa, | | | | advice from friends that have small gardens. I |
| and I anticipate in the next year or so I will be | | | | suppose it would not hurt to visit the local do it |
| able to do that when my wife graduates and we | | | | yourself store as well, since I will be headed there |
| find her a great job in a larger city. My plan is to | | | | anyway for seed and fertilizer.One question I will |
| start our own garden, and grow all the essential | | | | have is what kind of yield to expect? Once I |
| things I will need to create original, authentic | | | | have my garden set up and ready to go, I need |
| sauces, including bitingly hot, spicy salsa.I would | | | | to have some kind of idea on how much food will |
| really like to experiment with hot sauces like | | | | be grown in that area. Then I can prepare for it, |
| Louisiana style, Mexican, and Asian style sauces. In | | | | and when it is time to harvest the vegetables, I |
| order to make a hot sauce with my garden, I | | | | will have plenty of storage space for all the |
| needed to become familiar with the Scoville scale | | | | produce.After harvesting, I will review some |
| that measures hotness. I also needed to become | | | | recipes for salsa. I'm already a fairly good cook, |
| extremely familiar with jalapenosI do not know | | | | so once I've learned a recipe and it turns out well, |
| much about gardening, but the area where we | | | | then I will feel comfortable experimenting with |
| live is very fertile, and there are lots of people | | | | different seasonings and combinations of peppers. |
| around who know how to do it, so I can get | | | | Afterwards, I can share my new, homegrown |
| some real pointers from them. My brother in law, | | | | concoction with some friends, and if they like it |
| as a matter of fact, comes from a family where | | | | than perhaps I will approach the local grocer. Salsa |
| the dad grew vegetables in a huge backyard | | | | is definitely one of my favorite foods. Hot or mild, |
| garden. They were always giving us peppers, | | | | sweet, tangy, sour, it doesn't matter, I love it all.It |
| squash, onions, tomatoes, and all sorts of great | | | | will take some work, and I know there are some |
| vegetables that I knew would work wonderfully in | | | | unexpected challenges coming my way with the |
| a salsa mix.So what I will need to do first is | | | | idea of starting a garden, but I think it will be |
| investigate about home gardening, and find out | | | | worth it. I look forward to the upcoming year and |
| which peppers and other vegetables grow well in | | | | the prospect of learning how to start my own |
| the area that we will be moving to. Then I will | | | | garden, harvest it, and create a delicious salsa |
| need to decide how large I want the garden to | | | | that everyone will love!Gregg Hall is an author |
| be. In order to do that, I will simply reference the | | | | living in Navarre Florida. |
| information on the Internet, and also get some | | | | |