Today we finally started staking out our vegetable garden. Let me start off by saying it took way longer than we had expected. Our garden is pretty asymmetrical and making a rectangle in the middle took quite some effort, despite our measurements we took last weekend. We will basically have space for 6 raised beds […]

Our garden layout is comprised of several raised beds with a gravel path running around the entire garden and dividing up the garden into smaller beds. The path will also run around the greenhouse. We’ve been doing some research about the beds and have found some pretty good articles so far. Most of our beds […]

Today we tackled the slug situation in our yard again. We are getting started with planting and building the greenhouse and there is no room for the slimy mess that has been stealing our tender little salad plants. When we went into the garden today, all I could say was: “Welcome to the killing fields!” […]

This afternoon we started what we figured would be a pretty short and simple process. Of course any time you’re doing something for the first time, it tends to take a bit longer and be slightly more challenging than you expected. But I think we still managed to come through with flying colors. My mom […]

The National Gardening Association has created a great website for parents and especially teachers to help get kids interested in learning about gardening – http://kidsgardening.org/. You can find all sorts of projects for kids to do which will help them learn about all aspects of gardening, from composting to collecting seeds. April is National Gardening […]