We tried a new approach to our raised bed this year. We had to move it's location on account of the dogs...
and giant holes in the lawn...anyways! The beautiful garden is now at the front of our yard, away from the pups who have their own huge run area filled with pea gravel and the kids play gym they like. (yes, they even go down the slide sometimes!)
The lawn is looking fantastic, providing enough oxygen for my family for the year (hehe).
The garden is being approached in the "square foot gardening" method. Dividing your garden into plots and planting this way instead of rows increases your yield alot. I think (read :hope) it cuts down on space available for weeds.
I read on line not to use soil mix, but vermiculite and peat and?? sand maybe?? I cannot remember what else, but alas I already had lovely soil, so we kept with it. I did find some sites where people had success with soil as well.
Here are some images of the kids helping plant. It is already growing, and as soon as the sun shines I'll get some picks of it growing. So far so good.
One planting peas and beans, one writing the markers out. TEAMWORK!!!!
I love this sweet baby's face when he got to put his hands into that soil!!! HAPPINESS!!!!
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