2021 Garden: phase 1

Last year I miraculously overcame my “black thumb” (get it, instead of green thumb) and actually managed to not only keep my ferns alive, but also grew plants for my garden from seed and they produced fruit! You don’t know what an accomplishment that is for me! ha

I fell in love with gardening and have since been dreaming and planning for this years garden. I already have my seeds and Chris even helped me draw up a sketch for where everything is being planted.

But what I’m super excited about is we are moving our garden to a different location and fencing it to keep the chickens and dog out of it. Last year my raised beds were sitting on a slope (I know rookie mistake) and every time it rained, the water would pull out soil from underneath and by the end of summer my raised beds had about half the soil they originally had in them. So my reasons for moving the garden are mainly to move to a flatter part of the yard.

The other reason is I want a larger garden (I had three small beds last year) and since most of our yard is shaded, the only spot was in the corner by the carport. We will have to cut down a dogwood tree that is there, but once that’s down it should be in full sun for most of the day. (in the above picture the garden will be going in the left corner)

So two weeks ago we began what I like to call “phase one.” It sounds way more exciting than it is, but basically we just put the fence up. ha

We did a matching picket fence like the one around the rest of our yard and Chris is going to work on finishing the gate this week (in all of his spare time ha) and eventually we are going to do a pretty arbor above the gate. I also picture some string lights hanging across the entire garden. Ahhhhhhh.

My vision is the do raised beds starting at the blueberry bushes (along the carport) and go all the way around to the gate. I will also do a few circle raised beds in the center and use gravel of some sort over the grass.

I am so excited not only for gardening season, but to have a designated space that can’t be attacked by animals or small children. ha I will keep you guys updated as we continue through the “phases” and get this baby ready for Spring planting!