I’m just going to say it people, I am DOMINATING gardening.
Remember these:
I told you. Killing it.
I’ll do my best to carefully guide you through the intricate
and well thought-out process that is responsible for this bountiful future
harvest. Haha, what I meant was, I’ll
bullet point some of the steps I can still remember. Basically, I totally winged it.
I’ve already walked you through the building of the
planters. After they were built we
filled them with a mix of fill dirt, peat moss, and compost. Then we mixed it all up with a hoe. No fancy tiller thing-a-ma-jig, just a
regular ole garden hoe I found in the garage – I’m not even sure where it came
from.
Then we waited for what felt like FOREVER. We had to wait until the mid-west weather was
ready to cooperate. Finally, around the
middle of June I went to Wal-Mart and picked out a bunch of vegetables – based
solely on what my family likes to eat of course. Then MB and I planted them. Most of them.
It started to hail so we had to take a break. As soon as the hail had stopped I planted the
rest of it. In the rain. See, I told you, totally planned out. The next morning I took a few pictures.
In the red and yellow cages are two different types of
tomato plants. In the middle is a
cucumber plant. The row in front is of
sweet potatoes. On the left side and
around the back we planted onions.
This planter has a strawberry plant on the left, cauliflower
in the middle and green bean seeds on the right.
Other than water, only two things have been added to the
garden, grass clippings and red pepper flakes.
My mom told me that if you cover the soil around your plants with grass
clippings it will help water stay in and weeds stay out. So we did that.
We did have a bit of a snafu. I asked J to dump the clippings into the beds
with the promise that I would then spread them out. Not thinking, he put them right on top of the
green beans. Oops! I guess he forgot about the whole plants need
sun to grow thing. So I just brushed
them off that side.
The red pepper flakes were added in an effort to keep the
dog out! Apparently our husky, we’ll call
her Butface, just can’t resist strawberries.
What a weirdo. She also dug up a
few of my cauliflower plants, probably just for fun. So far, it’s worked. Fingers crossed! I really don’t want to have to put up one of
those tacky chicken wire fence contraptions to keep her out.
As for keeping the garden watered, I’ve been doing that by
hand with my trusty watering can!
