Oh glorious garden!! It is my first ever!! I decided to do a raised bed garden because I have dogs, kids, and a hard, hard ground, and I figured it was the best plan... It was very easy, and turned out more affordable than I thought.. I just googled "How to make a raised bed garden" and set my mind to it! My lovely man helped build it for mothers day, while I cooked pizza for everyone... and I quickly planted all of the baby sprouts I had grown.... Kale, chard, zucchini, tomatoes, broccoli, sweet peppers, lettuce, spinach and pumpkins. Only one chard plant survived :( But everything else is growing well! After about 2 weeks with our 8ft by 4 ft garden, we added another 4 by 4 and planted already bought herbs... parsley, oregano, rosemary and basil.... It is so nice to just run outside and grab some herbs when I am cooking dinner... I always send my 3 yr. old out to get some... and he is a happy helper. As you can see in the 2nd picture, with my little barely walking baby cruising by, the garden is becoming massive!! And I am starting to eat from it.. lettuce everyday for our sandwiches, and tomatoes! Thinking of frying green tomatoes and squash blossoms like my mom made when I was a little girl.... I have been lucky so far... no pests, no bugs, no yellow dying plants..... I am very new at gardening.. and quickly realized I planted my zucchini plants too close together.. they are all crowded, so now I know for next year... and I am tilling the garden every other day to keep the soil nice and loose. And learning as I go....
