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| The old bed. I just cleaned those weeds out last week. |
Probably my biggest goal, outside of not going crazy with two kids and a newborn, was starting a new garden bed, and doing something about the old beds. My initial plan was to transform the old beds into a patio area, but that's temporarily on hold until I can afford to put some money into that project. But I have been working on making a new garden bed just for vegetables.
One of the biggest problems with the old beds is weeds. They don't end. The previous owners apparently planted something perennial, and it's terrible. I could spend three days cleaning out the weeds, only to have them return. Because of time this year, I am using some of the old beds, but intend to do one of two things this fall: tarp them so the winterize (and hopefully kill the plants underneath) or I'm tearing them apart. But this year we have sunflowers, peas, spinach, carrots, corn, mint and strawberries growing in the old bed. And weeds. Lots and lots of weeds.
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| The new bed |
The new bed is in the middle of my lawn. In May, I put down some black plastic down with lawn staples, and let it kill the grass. Now, here in June, I've been removing the remaining sod, tilling and preparing the soil. This weekend I finally got two different varieties of tomatoes in, as well as a variety of peppers. Within the the new few weeks, I'll be putting in pumpkin, watermelon, eggplant, squash, zucchini, cucumber, and squash, as well as some herbs. The bed is about 10 by 25, and I'd like to make it 20 by 25 for next year.
While I still need to get some more trellises, I'm really happy with how everything is going. It's been a lot of hard work, particularly since many times it's get as much done in an hour that I can, so I can then shower, cool down and hydrate myself before I nurse the baby. But so far, it's been really satisfying.
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| Tomatoes and Peppers |
How is your gardening growing?
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