Breaking Ground!

I don't know if this is 'officially' spring or not, but we're going with it! One of JR's goals is to establish a family garden where we can grow a lot of our favorite fruits and veggies! We've committed to getting it done this year and are taking advantage of this lovely weather to get started on it! The location we chose used to be an old sheep pen...we pulled all the fencing down last year....JR got the box blade attached and I hit the hill to break some ground!


Lordsy Mercy, just look at that beautiful black soil! You'd have to pay a pretty penny for dirt that purty in town....thank you sheepies! We are going to grow lots of fabulous stuff in that there dirt....We are planning on planting corn, green beans, tomatoes, strawberries, cucumbers, carrots, watermelon, pumpkins and blackberries just to name a few of the yummies on our list!


So round and round I went until the top layer was sufficiently broken up...


And finally called it quits once we had an area about 100ft x 80ft dug up....We may need to expand a little yet, as corn can take up a lot of space, but we're done for this round...we've made our mark and shown that hill we mean business! Next, we'll follow up with a disk and turning that soil over until it's ready to plant....

The goal is raised beds for everything except maybe the corn...so we'll need to get those built soonest. JR's really the gardener here, so my 'assistance' will probably be restricted to constructing boxes for the raised beds and fencing to keep the undesirables out...that's OK ...I just don't have a good track record with things that grow in the dirt....He has Gma Kathy here to assist him in the gardening department....she's cultivated some pretty elaborate gardens in her day...not sure why that talent was so lost on me....oh well....it sure will be rewarding to stock our fridge with fruits and veggies from our own land....can't wait!

Stay tuned for more garden updates!

Happy Trails,

Leah