I like the look of your raised veggie patch middo! We have a heap of dirt and bricks that I'm considering using to make raised beds. I have to pull up more paving to do that, though, so I'll probably still end up with an excess of bricks...
Today I took the kid to the local garden store, a Waldecks. They have Digger's Club seedlings! I got some heirloom tomato varieties, plus some fun plants like rockmelon, watermelon, pumpkins, and herbs like thyme and basil. Thought I might try growing the herbs at the base of my dwarf trees in the pots. They also had a Loquat and two dwarf nectarines (early season and a mid/late season) that I really wanted, but I promised the hubby I wouldn't get more trees because I can't fit them in the car! Dawson's delivers trees and plants, though, so we'll make a trek down there to pick the ones we want and arrange delivery. Nectarines were Tuscany and Royal Gem.
This is my first spring with a garden I own, so I'm getting seedlings and next year I'll try growing from seed.