Scott and I have been talking since last summer about building a raised garden so we can grow some herbs and vegetables. Last year I grew one tomato plant and swore that I would have a backyard garden this Spring. Well, after 2 weeks of planning and doing our research…we did it! Scott did a great job on building the frame for the raised bed and had it put together in just about 2 hours. Once it was built we (kids included!) went to town getting all the grass and out of the area where the box was was going to sit. We leveled out the ground then sat the assembled frame down on it. Once we had it level, we began the back breaking task of dumping all the soil in. Scott had to make another trip to Lowe’s to get more soil but by 5:30pm we had it all finished and ready for planting. I had bought my tomatoes about a week ago, along with some lavender plants. Lowe’s had really nice tomato plants and I was worried if I didn’t get them then they would be gone by this weekend. Scott surprised me this afternoon when he returned home with the rest of the soil, he had bought me a large assortment of veggies and herbs. The kids helped me get all the plants into the dirt and watered and the whole job was finished around 6pm. I fixed spaghetti for dinner and kept thinking how nice it’s going to be having my own tomatoes and herbs to cook with! Here are some photos we took during the building process and one photo of the finished project. I’m so proud of it! Thank you so much honey for spending your day off from work doing this for me. I had so much fun working on it with you and the kiddos.
Here is a list of what we have planted:
- 2 Celebrity tomato plants
- 1 Early Girl tomato plant
- 1 Cherry tomato plant
- 1 Sweet Basil
- 1 Curled Leaf Parsley
- 1 Cilantro
- 3 Bell Peppers- green, orange and yellow
- 30 Texas Sweet onions- some of them I will pick for green onions and the rest I will let mature into full size “dry” onions
- 2 Provence Lavenders
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