Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Garden Time

My husband and I have decided to have a raised bed garden this year. It will be our first year planting a garden and it's super exciting.
We bought a bed kit instead of building one because we'd like to take it with us if we move. The kits are available at Home Depot and Sam's Club. It ended up only being slightly more expensive than building it ourselves, about $10. So we loosened all the dirt and then placed the beds. Then we added several bags of compost and dirt to the bed to fill it up. In the end about half of it was dirt from our own backyard and the other half was store bought.
We bought the book Square Foot Gardening and followed its advice on planting space and planting schedules. Here in Idaho I'm a little behind schedule, so I'm playing catch up. But the book has made things alot easier for me! I'll post updates as we move along in the summer and begin harvesting. I'm super excited to see how it will progresses and grow.