Our Garden - Phase Two

We put steer manure, compost and vegetable soil in the first two beds. We figured that this would be a rich environment in which to start our seeds. Later on, we will probably have to get worms to help keep the soil rich. The girls and I are not too excited about that, but we know it's good for the soil and plants!

We planted eight kinds of vegetable seeds after setting our irrigation hoses in the raised beds and wetting down the soil. We are looking forward to harvesting and tasting carrots, sweet peppers, cucumbers, pumpkins, beefsteak tomatoes, spinach, broccoli, and two kinds of lettuce! We hope SOMETHING grows!

Once the seeds were sown the girls took turns watering the soil once more to help the seeds sprout. The two green starters in these pictures are the tomatoes. We decided to purchase baby plants rather than try to grow the seeds indoors and then transplant them. We will attempt transplanting once we are more experienced gardeners.

To keep rabbits and other rodents from eating up our bounty we have put up PVC pipes and a garden cloth over the beds. We hope this "canestoga wagon" look helps our veggies grow without any disturbance from local wildlife. We just have to remember to take off the green cover during the day time so that the plants can get direct sunlight!