We have finally finished our landscaping and herb garden in front of our house. After two long months, 39 bags of rocks, two bags of mulch, 100s of squirmy worms, and way more plants than I thought I would need to fill the space, it is finished!
As I mentioned in a previous blog post, Matt and I have decided to take on redoing the landscaping in front of our house. We are creating a space for both a flower garden and an herb garden and are taking on the flower garden first. In order to ensure we made the best use of space and selected the correct types of plants we have done a lot of research online. Through our research we learned that the “best” way to ensure you have a flower garden you are happy with is to draw out the design. So we did just that. Because I am hopeless when it comes to drawing, Matt sketched out the basic shape of our space, and I filled in blobs that were in the approximate shape of plants we want. You can see our sketch below.
Matt and I have started on a new adventure this week. After living in our new house for a year and a half, we have decided it is finally time to take on the front lawn landscaping. While we are pretty competent food gardeners, neither of us have any experience with this type of work. But as Matt says, “people do this every day”. So, we have decided to rip out the existing, unpleasant landscaping and replace it with an herb garden and flower garden. (more…)
As you will recall from previous posts, Matt and I enjoy gardening. The past two summers we have had amazingly successful gardens that have produced far more food than we could possibly eat ourselves. However, this summer, with the purchase of a new house, we no longer have a suitable gardening spot. Our backyard is simply too shady to allow for anything to grow.
So, we were faced with the challenge of finding a way to get fresh vegetables without growing them in our own backyard. The only two options that seemed worth considering were growing vegetables ourselves in a community garden space or joining a CSA (community supported agriculture) program.
