This year I attempted to start a little garden in my yard. It is nothing fancy, and definitely took me longer than it should have to actually get plants into the ground…but it has finally happened!
This particular spot in the yard was chosen because it gets quite a bit of sun during the day. We even did just a little limb hacking on some trees to open up the suns space a little more. One would think this is prime real estate if you were a “6+ hour sun light” plant.
Behind the garden is a bench. This bench was creatively covered in ‘semi transparent’ deck stain…a few too many times and is now very white. I will say it definitely keeps the water out.
Just behind that is our fire pit. It is pretty large and in charge, but we can not use it until October =/
As you can see here, I have two 4 ft x 8 ft raised beds. They were a bit overgrown from not being tended to for about a month, so we had to do some weeding before we could even get some plants in there. Super High Quality photo images brought to you by blackberry storm.
I had thought about just tilling up a big section of the yard right there, but I figured using the beds would look a little cleaner, and also offer a little assistance in keeping critters out if/when I install some chicken wire fence around them…yes, chicken wire.