New raised beds bring visions of sugar snap peas, pumpkins!
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Yes, that's six cedar raised beds and a lone board in the distance holding up the failing fence. You can see where the home improvement priorities are at our house.
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010 | 10:39 am
Oh, my. I've got gardening fever.
No, I'm not on fire because of the amazing and wonderful Northwest Flower & Garden Show.
I have other reasons.
This is the first spring I've experienced at our new house in Edmonds and I just can't contain my excitement. We bought the house partly because of the huge sunny backyard and now we are finally going to get to use it to the fullest.
This past weekend, we laid the groundwork with six large raised beds.
Check out the pictures, including a side-by-side version of before and after. On the advice of seasoned veggie gardener and fellow Mudraker, Debra Smith, we splurged on cedar from Dunn Lumber, which smells beautiful.
Though I did a lot of weeding, my husband, bless him, did all the hard work, including carrying, hammering and pounding into the ground.
I adore raised beds. Sure, we could plant in the ground, but I like organization and boundaries, a lot. Yes, I'm a type-A veggie gardener, all the way. Plus, they warm up faster and drain better than the good old ground.
Now we just have to come up with the money, time and energy to fill them.
Not wanting to buy material in bulk just yet, I bought some bagged planting mix and compost at the new and improved Sky Nursery in Shoreline.
(Wow, have you seen Sky's brand new, amazingly huge greenhouse and storefront? It might be my new gardening heaven.)
Of course, we also need to fill these beds with seeds and plants and what a joy it will be deciding what to do!
We've never had a garden this big, not by a long shot.
Every night since the completion of the beds, we've been dreaming of what to plant.
In addition to the raised beds, we have many other areas to plant, too. We are even thinking of a pumpkin and melon patch for our son, who will turn 2 in May.
Yay.
With all this mild weather, surely we won't be lucky enough to have a hot summer … or will we? Cross those fingers.
What are you going to plant this spring? Write me here or comment below.
No, I'm not on fire because of the amazing and wonderful Northwest Flower & Garden Show.
I have other reasons.
This is the first spring I've experienced at our new house in Edmonds and I just can't contain my excitement. We bought the house partly because of the huge sunny backyard and now we are finally going to get to use it to the fullest.
This past weekend, we laid the groundwork with six large raised beds.
Check out the pictures, including a side-by-side version of before and after. On the advice of seasoned veggie gardener and fellow Mudraker, Debra Smith, we splurged on cedar from Dunn Lumber, which smells beautiful.
Though I did a lot of weeding, my husband, bless him, did all the hard work, including carrying, hammering and pounding into the ground.
I adore raised beds. Sure, we could plant in the ground, but I like organization and boundaries, a lot. Yes, I'm a type-A veggie gardener, all the way. Plus, they warm up faster and drain better than the good old ground.
Now we just have to come up with the money, time and energy to fill them.
Not wanting to buy material in bulk just yet, I bought some bagged planting mix and compost at the new and improved Sky Nursery in Shoreline.
(Wow, have you seen Sky's brand new, amazingly huge greenhouse and storefront? It might be my new gardening heaven.)
Of course, we also need to fill these beds with seeds and plants and what a joy it will be deciding what to do!
We've never had a garden this big, not by a long shot.
Every night since the completion of the beds, we've been dreaming of what to plant.
In addition to the raised beds, we have many other areas to plant, too. We are even thinking of a pumpkin and melon patch for our son, who will turn 2 in May.
Yay.
With all this mild weather, surely we won't be lucky enough to have a hot summer … or will we? Cross those fingers.
What are you going to plant this spring? Write me here or comment below.
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