Raised Beds

Last year I was super excited (as usual) to get our annual garden started, so I planted all sorts of exciting veggies and herbs....but then we faced two and a half months of nonstop house renovations in order to move into our new house....and all my seedlings died! =(

So this year, Mike and I have high hopes for a nice garden. We bought all our favorite seeds (tomatoes, hot & bell peppers, carrots, lettuce, spinach, peas, beans, zucchini, & summer squash) as well as some new additions (radishes, corn, turnips, broccoli, cucumbers, and onions) and a bunch of herbs.

Our yard is nice and big, but it it very rocky and difficult to dig up, so we decided to make raised garden beds. We checked out many YouTube videos, and Home Depot, etc., before eventually realizing that the fence posts that had blown down last winter would fit the bill just right!

So, yesterday, Mike and I, along with my mom (who is fantastic and decided to come visit for the weekend) measured, cut, screwed together, and installed two 4x8 raised beds!

I have to say, there's something so satisfying about using an electric saw! I got Mike a circular saw for Christmas, but I have a lot of fun using it =)

We even got to fill our newly created garden beds with beautiful, rich black soil thanks to Wolf Hill in Gloucester, who delivered a 1.5 cubic yards of soil that very afternoon!

It was so great to be outside doing something constructive and rewarding, with two people who are important to me!

All-in-all it was a fantastic Saturday, starting off with a lovely ladies' breakfast at our house, then the raised beds, and then our first Captain Dusty's ice cream of the season! =)

(I had Mississippi Mud...but would also recommend the Vanilla Heath Bar, which Mike had...)

I am so blessed!