Gardening with a black thumb...

So I have the cutest little patch of dirt out in my backyard. I asked my sweet husband to dig it up for me last year so that I could have a vegetable garden. Well, that was a good idea except I have no idea what I am doing when it comes to gardening. The season started out promising, I had planted green onions, pumpkins, peas, carrots and squash. I only had peas. Lots and LOTS and LOTS of peas. I couldn't kill the damn things. Well, I also had a tomato plant from Mother's Day and I think I got about 3 tomatoes, maybe 4 from it. Anyway, I have this plan to use these mini soda bottles to put them in. I can't decide if I want to try them topsy turvy style, (the topsy turvy was born from a design with 2 liter soda bottles) or if I want to plant them right side up and just use the plastic for a mini green house effect. Maybe I should try both? Yesterday I bought pumpkin, corn and onion seeds. I want to grow tomatoes, maybe romaine or iceberg lettuce, strawberries and maybe some raspberries along with the pumpkins, corn and onions. I am going to try to take pictures and keep a mini blog of how my lil garden progresses, or not. It will be fun to do this with Josie. She is big enough now to play in the yard while I weed and tend to the plants. Now if it would just get warm!!! Happy Spring (kinda)!!