Take a walk with us.

Our garden.  Our very own garden, right out the back door. 

We debated on where to put it, and decided up against the house really was the sunniest area of our yard.  After moving hundreds of daylillies and irises that were growing in unmanageable clumps, Aaron put together the lumber beds and tilled up the dirt. 

Our youngest cat, Ferb, approves of where I moved the irises.

I have to give him total credit.  Aaron designed the garden.  No, the beds are not raised, but I liked the idea of outlined beds so that we were not having to weed a whole lot of dirt.  This is manageable.  We may keep the grass, or we may put in rubber pavers in the future. This year we'll see how it goes with the grass.

Looking east in the evening.
The tomatoes will boarder the garden.
Onions, herbs, peppers, and cucumbers fill the "fingers."

Aaron ordered a critter fence from critterfence.com.  I liked this option because I can change the size of the garden anytime in the future.  (Goodness knows we won't be making it smaller any time soon!)  I also asked him for a gate and an arbor.  Aaron found a design and a tutorial from lows.com.  Our dirt is good, but we still added some fertilizer to it. 

I never dreamed I would have such a beautiful gate and arbor.
Later this summer I will be staining it a vintage blue.

The plants are happiest when you are with them!

We are here and we are happy.  With Covid-19 causing all of us to be at home more, we are blissfully in love with our vegetable plants.  Each morning, we go down and check on them.  What has changed?!  Are they all still standing.  We're still putting the finishing touches to the garden.  Our drip line we ordered is slowly making it's way to our home, so we are watering by hand--carefully.  This week, Tuesday learned that the best way to water tomato plants is near to the ground so their leaves do not get wet.  Here she is watering one of our new variety--Hungarian Heart.

Tuesday encourages our tomatoes--which makes all the difference.

New Place. New Garden

We took a year off from gardening last summer, which as difficult.  On June 9, 2019 our offer was accepted on a new home, and we closed on July 25th.  All through the winter we planned for a new garden, and in anticipation we started tomatoes in April.  In early May we began clearing away new ground and fencing in a new space right off the back of our house. By June 1st, the garden was in!

Tuesday standing inside the garden.
She is very excited about our new growing space.