Mary, Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow?

We have finally planted a GARDEN!  This is something that we've have been meaning to do for over two years now!  It's not like we haven't had the space ready... 2 years ago we pulled a ton of rocks out of the dirt and then put chicken wire 2 feet in the ground to keep out the gophers... we bought a bunch of dirt like 1 1/2 years ago and put it in the space.  We've watered the space and let weeds grow and then killed them.  We've forgotten about the space and then had a jungle of weeds we had to battle (We won) :).  And now, we have finally put a fresh layer of dirt and planted the seeds.  Corn, bean, carrot, tomato, cantaloupe, watermelon and pepper seeds to be exact.  I am so excited about this garden that I can barely stand it!  I can't wait until I see all of the little sprouts coming out of the ground :)  We planted raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and purple grapes at the end of January and those have already grown so much!  But we bought those as little baby plants.  Really they just looked like sticks in the dirt.  Seeing how much those have grown has been really rewarding so I can't even imagine how proud I'm going to be when all of these little seeds start growing that we planted all by ourselves. :)
I also got a little planter box to put on my window sill in the kitchen and I'm going to plant some herbs in that (Cilantro, parsley, basil and oregano) and I also got another one that I'm going to try to grow some strawberries in and if they do grow then I'll plant them in the ground.  Now I just have to love all of my little seeds and water them and talk to them so that they grow big and strong and delicious so that I can eat them.  Yum! 
The things that I'm NOT looking forward to with having a garden are #1 the BUGS.  I have heard from sooo many people that I will start seeing a ton of bugs that I didn't even know existed.  And I'm super nervous b/c I've been told that I will definitely see potato bugs (also know as Jerusalem Crickets).  I always thought that potato bugs were the little black rollie pollies... apparently not.  I guess they are big and ugly and super gross.  Yikes!  But I am armed with bug spray especially for the fruits and veggies so I'm hoping to ward the bugs off before they even think about coming over.  Actually, I guess that's really the only thing that I'm not looking forward to because I really don't mind weeding.  There is something very therapeutic about being outside with only my thoughts and the plants.  Those who like to garden will know what I'm talking about. :)
Part of the reason I wanted to plant a garden is because homegrown vegetables are just so delicious!  I love that I'm going to be able to just walk out back and pluck a watermelon off the vine, or get a couple ears of corn to grill up for dinner.  I love that I'm going to be able to freeze whatever I don't eat (minus the tomatoes) and that I'll be able to have yummy veggies for all winter long.  Yay!  So we'll see how it goes!