How does your garden grow?

I am inspired by the raw foodies and vegans in my life and am moving toward that direction myself. Yet, my favorite being is a freegan, and so we often eat and/or cook whatever he manages to find. This being the case, we often have very very sad looking produce. He used to be a vegan but the freegan lifestyle has changed all that. He often brings up his vegan days and how he wishes he could have the best of both worlds.
Now, since I have been contemplating veganism and he enjoys reminiscing, I decided that this lack of fresh happy vegetables was getting in our way. The result? A vegetable garden!

Well, I don't have a backyard, but I do have some outdoor space with sunlight. So, containers were the natural answer. I managed, through freecycle.org and old stuff lying around my parents house, to gather a nice variety of containers. We're talking milk crates, five gallon buckets, even some wicker baskets. I went to the nursery and bought plenty of organic potting soil and a few little organic plants.

My garden is only a few days old now, but it has three varieties of lettuce, three varieties of heirloom tomatoes, zucchini and some beautiful rainbow chard. These are all from the nursery. What I am really excited about is that I have done some good searching on the net and figured out that I can also grow onions, garlic, ginger, peas, green beans, potatoes, and sprouts all from the stuff I buy at a farmers market or grocery store!

So, needless to say, I am uber excited about having such fresh organic vegetables at my fingertips and partaking in another activity that helps out Mother Earth.