The girls have been wanting to have a garden since we moved in (really before that but I was able to convince them that we needed to wait until we moved). They were so excited that our new house had a place for a garden. But by the time we moved and got settled and got back from the beach it was blazing hot and really too late to start one. I promised the girls that we would do a fall garden. Which really is hilarious as I know absolutely nothing about gardening at all.
A few weeks ago we tilled it up, put some top soil on it, and planted some stuff...which may or may not be fall appropriate. Who knows. They were being sold at Home Depot so they must be good. We also bought some spring bulbs that we are supposed to plant sometime between now and December. Hopefully those will actually grow in the spring....our landscaping around our house is really starting to look pathetic!
We did one section with flowers, one section with food, and one section we left empty. Our flowers are some mums and little pansy looking thinks that start with a v. Our food section has cabbage, basil, green onion, broccoli (which is not doing well and we have already lost one of the plants), strawberry, and some mystery plant (which is, of course, doing the best).
Here are a few pics:
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| All tilled up...or pretty close. I used one of the things that you spike into the ground and then turn it and then move it. |
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| Plants all planted |
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| The girls were raking the soil around the cabbage |
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| The garden as of today |
1 comment:
I may be getting gardening tips from you. I bet your girls loved being a part of it all. Madison is still waiting for an apple tree to sprout from her apple seed in one of my house plants. ha ha! I will have to see about getting an apple tree for when we move to Zachary.
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