Last year we took a year off from our vegetable garden. It was nice to have one less thing to take care of, but I am ready to get our garden going this year. The weather has been a little challenging so I feel a bit behind, but today Sierra and I got it in. At the end of the year last fall, we cleaned out the garden, laid new dirt/compost, covered it with a layer of flattened cardboard boxes, then topped it off with mulch. The idea is that the mulch and boxes will prevent weeds, and thus lessen the hours of weeding. So, we cleared out spots for the seeds and planted away. My bouncy dog likes to run through the garden and kills my plants when they are babies. Once they are bigger he goes around, but I was trying to be creative today to find a way to keep him from running over my plants. My garden looks a little messy, but we will see how it all works out.
Anyway here is a picture of our garden. I will try to keep you updated on how this experiment works.
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| Here it is, let's see how it goes |
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| an empty container in front of the cleared spot where the seed has been planted, in hopes our dog won't go through it |
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| I bought tomato plants |
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| for my birthday a friend got me these cute stakes, so I wrote the plants in the row. |
