Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Raised bed and companion gardening

Kristina has some projects that she wants to work on over the summer. We have already started her sewing list and today we started her gardening project. Nik will probably be her assistant :)

We have an experimental raised garden bed in our back yard that we use to try out different flowers, veggies and fruits. Last year I let it rest. Kristina is going to be in charge of it this year. 

What have we done so far?
1. Went to Home Depot and priced, top soil, mulch, flowers, veggies, fruit, bulbs and seeds. Just for fun some garden ornaments. (We might make a trip over to Lowe's once we get back from grandma's. We might also visit a garden center near her place.)
2. Measured the raised flower bed and checked our anti-dog digging system.
3. Looked at the peach tree and decided what branches etc. need cut off before Juliet gets home. She looks after the tree.
4. Pulled out most of my gardening books so Kris can look at different plants and learn about different growing systems.
5. John cleaned out the flower bed round the holly tree.

Our plan is to take and upload photographs as the project progresses and write up-dates as things happen.

2 comments:

Sarah or Semmy said...

Carol and John, Thank you for reporting on the gardening events. I am no longer able to have a garden and it is so nice to hear about others efforts.
Also want to send my condolances to the family. Your loss is difficult and prayers for your entire family have been offered. I know from personal situations that The Lord will comfort all. Semmy

John Hansen said...

Thanks Semmy. We hope you enjoy following along on the gardening project and thanks for your condolences.