Getting Our Garden Going

Todd and I didn't exactly relax this weekend.

With the beautiful weather, it was much too

nice to stay inside and sleep.

We ended up going to Eisley's Nursery...

one of my favorite places.

We picked up fruits/veggies for our little garden.

We got a filled up a flat with all our goodies.

The boxes had to be prepped,

and we had to decide where things were

going to be planted.

First we had to empty the dirt out of

the boxes and "till it".

And I use the term "till"  loosely.

I actually dumped the dirt in the barrel,

and then took a tool and broke it apart.

Todd arranged the plants in an order, that we hope,

will allow the plants to thrive.

We got a few tomato plants

(Black Krim, Yellow Pear and Early Girl are some we picked up).

I bought green, yellow, red, and purple bell peppers,

along with peperoncinis.

We also picked up some crook neck yellow squash,

zucchini, cucumbers and sweet peas.

So there are some repeat plants,

but we decided to try out a few new ones as well.

Anyways, while I played with dirt,

Todd prepared the boxes.

 

We worked our little fingers to the bone

for about 3 hours.

Sindy tried to help,

 

but she found supervising much more appealing.

 

 

After everyone's hard work,

this was the final result.

We decided to line the boxes up differently

this time, making it easier to access both sides.

Last year we had total access to the font

of the boxes, but couldn't get to the

back of them because they were placed

up against the rock wall.

 

We got our hands dirty,

and our backs hurt after lifting all

the boxes up and moving them around,

but it will totally be worth the little bit

of hassle once we taste the

fresh fruits and veggies.