I found the little basket on clearance at Hobby Lobby and gave it a coat of turquoise spray paint to liven it up.
We had a serious problem with voles last spring (not to be confused with moles.) They gobbled up the entire root balls of most of our crop. This year, honey dug way down in the dirt and lined the bottom of the beds with hardware cloth hoping that would prevent them from tunneling under. So far, so good! We’ve got cucumbers (they are so itty bitty you can’t see them), squash, okra, and strawberries in this bed.
Three tomato plants, red peppers, green peppers, chives, parsley and lavender in the middle bed. The lavender survived the winter and is doing great! I love to throw a spring in my water or sweet tea.
‘And the last bed has mint, rosemary (both from last year), basil, green beans and three more sweet 100 tomato plants.
Here are a few more details. Know that I am far, far from being an expert on gardening!
- Honey built the garden area last spring using three raised garden bed kits from Home Depot, giving us a 12’x4’ planting area.
- He constructed a basic fence of 2’x4’s and hardware cloth and painted it black. We left a 3’ border on all sides to be able to easily maneuver inside the fence. The completed size is 18’x10’. The obvious goal of the fence is to keep out the rabbits and other large animals roaming around but it’s probably already saved our tender little vegetables one thousand times from stray soccer balls and children in pursuit.
- We fertilize with E.B. Stone Organic Tomato & Vegetable Food and in past years have used Captain Jack’s Deadbug Brew to fight those pesky garden invaders. I found both at Atlanta’s Pike Nurseries.
- I labeled our garden tags with vinyl letters.
We’ve already been enjoying the herbs and positively cannot wait for the veggies to start to ripen up as well!
Now, I'd be remiss if I didn't send a big birthday wish out to my sweet nephew Jay. I can hardly believe he's FOUR!
xoxo
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