Gardening - at long last

Finally we had time to begin the backyard vegetable gardens! See:

I carefully measured and plotted the gardens. I chose companion plants and all that good stuff. Robin laughs that I spend more time planning than gardening.



A month or so ago I turned over all the sod in the future gardens. The surface was dry and sod was dead by now. However, beneath the surface is still much good activity :)



Robin picked up half a pallet with some good boards from the landfill today. He cut them in half and dug them into the ground. It's not the best, but it will do. We still need another wall in the middle. And the same for beds D-E. He also picked up a big bin of free compost. Next year we'll be able to use our own.






Yay - at long last - plants in the garden!! I added some of my extra-special worm compost for the tomatoes (and peppers). I didn't have enough to simply cover the garden with, so I'm using it selectively.



For now I'm using those small planks to walk across the garden.



Woot! More plants. I grew those marigolds from seed. Please do not compare them to the marogolds you can buy at the store. I know how pathetic mine look. Shush.



I had been growing my own peppers and tomatoes from seed, but I fried some and the rest just didn't develop well. So I finally just bought some plants! Next year I'll skip growing them from seed. It's just as cheap and much easier (for the amount I need) to buy the plants.



Beds D and E will eventually have broccoli, lettuce, cucumber and more. Hopefully very soon. Particularly the broccoli since I started it indoors.





That was our day today as well as the culmination of many months of planning on my part. I can't wait to show off photos later in the season! Well, assuming things go as planned and I don't kill everything.