Buying plants

Today I took the kids to Calloway's to buy plants for the garden. There was a pretty meager showing of vegetables. I was able to get some peppers, tomatoes and herbs - cilantro, oregano, basil, chives and curry. Hopefully Sara will be able to find more at some other stores.

Researching plants

Today Katherine was at MDO so Caroline and I went to a few different nurseries and stores to see what they had for the garden and to compare prices. Tomorrow we will buy plants to put in the garden on Thursday.

Our plot is ready

Well, our garden plot is now ready. Nana and Pops babysat the girls Friday night so that Sam and I could go out to the garden and work on things. Our task for the evening was to raise the bed. I am so glad my husband is handy. He secured the boards. I leveled out the dirt that was already in our plot and hauled our 7 bags of garden soil and 11 bags of compost to our site. It was obvious that we would need a lot more dirt.

So, the next weekend Sara borrowed her step dad's truck and picked up a cubic yard of soil. After church we dropped the kids off at Nana and Pops' house again and filled our bed with dirt. It looks pretty good. Now we just need to decide what to plant in the garden. It is 8' by 14' so there is a lot of space.

Our Community Garden

I found out that our area has a community garden. I thought it would be something fun and I heard that the waiting list was pretty long so I went ahead and got on it. I was shocked when a week later I received an email that a spot opened up. This is the second year of the garden and there are about 50 new plots this year. I took Sam and the kids to take a look. Apparently we missed the work day where everyone got everything ready so our plot is basically 4 unattached boards with a pile of dirt and a pip for a hose.
So, we have our work cut out for us. We think it will be a fun learning process as neither of us are really gardeners. It is an all organic garden and there are a lot of experienced gardeners that are a great resource out there.
I hope to find another family that will join us in this venture. Our plot is 8'X14" so that is a pretty big space. We mainly want another family to share in the watering responsibility but we also thought it would be fun to work together.
There is a bee area that is going to be built for pollinating the plants. That is pretty cool but it is really close to our garden so I hope we do not get any bee stings.