I don’t know where the idea came from. But there we were in the middle of the nursery excitedly piling plants onto our green plastic cart. We pulled tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and even a pumpkin.
We were going to plant a backyard vegetable garden.
I love vegetables and I’ve always wanted a vegetable garden but I’ve lived in apartments for the past 9 years. So when R offered up a corner of his backyard I jumped at the chance!
With a pile of plants in the back of the truck and a trailer full of top soil we made our way back to his house with no idea what we were doing. I’ve never planted a garden and I have trouble keeping house plants alive. And at this point we’ve done no research.
I’ll be honest. R did all the heavy lifting while I finished up some work. He loosened the soil and put down the top soil and I joined him just in time to sprinkle on the fertilizer and rake it in.
As I started writing the names of our plants on little blue stakes I realized we had purchased 20 different plants. So much for starting small. We had two types of carrots, six different herbs, four types of lettuce and one watermelon (that was clearly my idea).
If I had been planting them on my own they would have likely ended up in some chaotic mess. As it turns out, R is a little obsessive compulsive so the lines were drawn and marked with a measuring tape so every plant had the proper amount of room. A few hours later we had a garden!
The only question is: now what?
I love vegetables and I’ve always wanted a vegetable garden but I’ve lived in apartments for the past 9 years. So when R offered up a corner of his backyard I jumped at the chance!
With a pile of plants in the back of the truck and a trailer full of top soil we made our way back to his house with no idea what we were doing. I’ve never planted a garden and I have trouble keeping house plants alive. And at this point we’ve done no research.
I’ll be honest. R did all the heavy lifting while I finished up some work. He loosened the soil and put down the top soil and I joined him just in time to sprinkle on the fertilizer and rake it in.
As I started writing the names of our plants on little blue stakes I realized we had purchased 20 different plants. So much for starting small. We had two types of carrots, six different herbs, four types of lettuce and one watermelon (that was clearly my idea).
If I had been planting them on my own they would have likely ended up in some chaotic mess. As it turns out, R is a little obsessive compulsive so the lines were drawn and marked with a measuring tape so every plant had the proper amount of room. A few hours later we had a garden!
The only question is: now what?
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