Getting the Garden Going

When we bought our house back in September, there were a few tomato plants and squash plants growing in a small garden box. We realized very quickly that squirrels were going to be our garden's worst enemy. Though there were loads of green tomatoes, we didn't get to eat a single one. We would find them throughout the yard, still green with a single bite in them. Then in the spring, the squirrels dug up our tulip bulbs and broke off the heads of the tulips that bloomed. Grrr.

The garden spot with cinder block around it was what was already here when we bought the house. We're planning to do some zucchini in there and pray that the squirrels don't bother it.

We found the six railroad ties for free on craigslist and hauled them home in our car in two trips. Our garden isn't nearly as big as it has been in years past, but it should do. We have made plans to cage it in with chicken wire (hence the tall posts on the corners). So far we have gotten as far as getting rid of the grass. If we would have been thinking, we would have tarped the area back in the winter so the grass wouldn't have even grown. That would have made it much easier. Oh well. As soon as Mike is finished with finals we'll really get moving on the garden.

The people who owned the house before us had a bird bath in this little area. The rose bushes in the four corners aren't doing so hot, so we decided to plant pumpkins here, with baby pumpkins climbing the trellis.

We started lots of plants inside, but, sadly, we transplanted them on the windiest week of the year, so most of them didn't make it. We've started over with seeds outside.

And here's our little helper! Thankfully, she absolutely loves being outside and getting dirty. Unfortunately, we still have not convinced her not to eat the dirt.