Our Little Garden

So for a very very long time I wave wanted to plant a garden. Because my husband is in school we tend to move most Aprils which is just the time that I would be planting. So this year we didn't move anywhere for the summer and we finally got to garden!! Woo Hoo!!

So the sad thing is that our backyard is pretty small and there is a giant tree that shades most of the backyard. But there is a small area in the side yard that gets a few hours of morning sun so we decided to give it a go.

The boys and I first visited Home Depot and got three 1x12x8 pieces of wood some L brackets and some screws. We had them cut one of the boards in half so we were able to make a 4x8 raised garden box. It was really easy. We also got 10 bags of dirt.

That Saturday the city was giving out free compost so we dumped out all our toy buckets and brought them to the dump and filled them with dirt. The dirt was heavy but it was free so were very excited to get it home and out in our new garden spot.

The next day we the boys and I went back to Home Depot and got some plants:) Scotty was so excited to do the planting. Mikey got board halfway through (He's only two so we can forgive him).

Scotty was so excited about the cucumbers!! We also planted tomatoes, green beans, sugar snap peas, broccoli, cauliflower, strawberries, zucchini, a bell pepper, and some celery.  We did cheat a little because we had just visited my sister Holly in sunny Arizona and she gave us a pumpkin plant and two pretty big cherry tomato plants. They already had some tiny tiny tomatoes growing. She also gave us three yellow cucumber plants but we killed them. They didn't like the cold Canada weather. Luckily every single cucumber seed that we planted sprouted. So I think we'll be covered in the cucumber department.