gardening instead of buying

apparently there is a huge explosion of gardening because groceries are so darn expensive, especially organic ones. this is great! as I have written before, the more vegetables grown in our backyards the better. I hope the trend continues. the prices encouraged me to try harder at gardening this year, however, i still have let things get a little wild back there. and something is eating the leaves of my beans and peas. arrgh. i know i should read about what organic something i can spray on them to scare away the bad bugs, but im too busy watching 30 Rock season 1 on netflicks online. im going through a phase of laze. but I did plant cilantro and fennel to attract good bugs to eat the bad bugs. thats a start. maybe next year we will extend the garden plot - thats a lot of work. but it fills up so quick. I definetly want to berm around the fence. need room for pumpkins. one thing at a time...