Here Today, Gone To Morro: Our Square Foot Garden

Our backyard is in desperate need of a makeover. We have ideas--that's not the problem. We knew we wanted to start a vegetable garden and to use raised beds, but with so many resources out there, we just weren't sure how to get started.

Working at the bookstore for years, I remembering always shelving this book, The Square Foot Garden. Never really paying attention to it. After all this time, I came across it again on an Internet search, found their website, read a little more, and decided to check out the book. Got the book, read it from cover to cover, and was hooked! I started telling people about it, and RT's family actually got interested in it, too. His sister and nephew already started one, but we were slacking.

If you're tired of clay soil, sandy soil, adding nutrients, fertilizing, and weeds---this is the method for you! It is such a simple and foolproof way to garden. I highly recommend this book or website.

When RT's parents came last weekend, they offered to help us get started. Since they were going to try it also, they figured this would be a good learning experience for them. Well, how could we pass up that offer?

Sure enough, we bought the supplies and got right to work. It really only took us about 2 hours to do 2 beds. I was impressed! We had some seeds and bought some plants and RT planted. We're starting to see some shoots and can't wait for our first bounty!
Thank you so much J & L for your enthusiasm and helping hands!

getting the soil ready...