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So I started a blog. I'm a planner. I like to organize and prioritize. Sounds kind of weird for a gardener, but hey, its who I am. I like dirt. I like starting things from seeds and help them become the greatness that is veggie! I spent countless hours/days/weeks/months preparing for my garden adventure. I read. I read seed catalogs, old books of my mother's, other gardeners' blogs, random websites about gardening basics, and magazines. With that said, I will forever be a beginner gardener/farmer. So, again, I started a blog. I'm going to share my gardening ups and downs, what worked for me and, of course, my epic failures. I love to share tricks and knowledge and experiences with people that I've learned over time. So please, read my blog and come over to my garden, and mostly, enjoy!



Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Where the magic began


I started off small. Two raised beds. Hubby got a new power drill and I put him to good use. A trip to Lowe's and an two hours later...one 4x6 bed and one 4x2 bed freshly filled with a nice organic dirt mixture ready for some vegetable invasions!


Step 1: What to plant?
These were my first plants to try out. The peppers and tomotoes were bought as plants. The beans and most of the lettuces were grown from seeds.

A. Banana peppers-Why? Hubby likes them, thats why!
B. Green peppers-they are great in everything
C. Tomatoes-again, they go with everything (mainly because my diet consists of spaghetti and chili as often as hubby will let me make it)
D. Green Beans (bush)
E. A few varieties of leaf lettuces
F. Various herbs that I picked up at local nurseries






Step 2: Where to plant?

My new raised beds, silly! No, of course, thats where, but where in the beds should they go? I just drew a little diagram of how things could be tucked in together to utilize the space and yield a nice harvest. As my first attempt at gardening, I was just happy things were still alive and didn't know a thing about companion planting or rotation gardening.


Step 3: PLANT THOSE BAD BOYS!

Oh yeah! Its game time! I loved coming home from the nurseries and digging little homes for my new plants. However, the real rush is when you plant seeds directly in the dirt and they sprout out into the sunshine. First time for me, I called my mom as soon as I saw their little leaves. You would have thought that I won the lottery.


Step 4: Maintenance

Weed and water accordingly!






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