Friday, May 29, 2009

raised garden

It's garden time here @ the brown house. Jacob, Penny, and I went to Lowe's this morning and bought the necessary things to get started. We found some nice treated lumber, had an employee cut it, got the bags of dirt and 4 tomato plants. We came home and got to work. It was alot of work, but alot of fun. The best part was telling the Wardlings about the composted cow manure that we put in the garden. We planted, tomatoes, ocre, sunflowers, eggplant, and green beans. We also planted some zinnias and some other flowers in hopes to bring some bees for pollination. I am hoping to build @ least 2-3 more flower beds to have cucumbers, bell powers, squash, watermelon, and pumpkins. When we were nearly finished our neighbor came across the street to tell us that he works @ a plant store of sorts and can get us plants @ wholesale. Good to know. I am looking forward to having some yummy veggies this year.

1 comment:

Julee said...

Hi!
What a fun family project! It will be even more fun when your Wardlings see the "fruit" of their labors! Here's a SFG garden that's on a blog I follow. (See May 30 post by Erin.) I thought you might be interested in seeing it. She's got great cheap meal ideas too! http://www.5dollardinners.com/
I've planted 2 tomatoes, thornless raspberry and black bushes, and red potatoes this year. It's a small garden, but we're going to be gone most of July. Good luck with your "emerald" thumb adventures! Love, Auntie Jul