When I was very young and just starting to take solid food, my parents didnât give me commercially prepared baby food. Instead, my introduction to proper food came through mashed vegetables. These were usually things my dad and my grandfather had grown in their gardens, and this early introduction to them has left me with a lifelong liking for almost all vegetables, especially if I can get them fresh. Lori and I share this taste and we try to grow as much of our own produce as we can. We donât have a big garden, although we do make the most of the space we have available. One thing we donât grow, despite them being one of my favorites, is peas.