Progress in the garden

Paul and I have been so motivated to get a really great garden going this year, partially spurred on by our current reading choices. He's reading "Square Foot Gardening" and I'm deeply engrossed in "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" by Barbara Kingsolver. This book has really changed the way I look at food, and makes me want to provide as much homegrown organic food for our family as possible. Luckily the kids are really excited about the garden also, and like to eat what they grow.

Paul has really outdone himself on the garden planning. He's constructed a beautiful, Buster proof fence, built plank walkways between the beds and is putting up 6 foot vertical stringers for beans and peas and such. Plus he's brought in two truck loads of manure, and added vermiculite, peat moss and organic fertilizer. This week he bought seed spuds and onion sets, so we're in pretty good shape for this part of March.


The kids have been interested in helping every step of the way.



Look at that beautiful fence!


I don't know quite what happened to these two, I think maybe they breathed in too deeply when Paul was unloading that second load of manure.