A Green Thumb

For those of you that know me personally you already know how much I like to dig in the soil. Whether it is vegetables or some pretty flowers, I love to spend some of my extra time outside gardening. For several months I have been pinning gardening boxes to my pinterest account, and then hinting to the hubby that I would love to have something like this to garden in. A couple of weekends ago he asked me what was on my honey do list....specifically the yard list. I had been noticing that the flower beds were getting weedy from some invasive grass and would like to have some kind of trim put in to help keep it out. I also mentioned how I would really love to have someplace to plant veggies as well. I don't think it took very long for him to decided, making a vegetable bed meant he got to go to Lowes and buy some tools he has been eyeing for awhile. After loading up and picking up the the trailer we drove off to pick up supplies. I took the boys to pick out some plants/seeds, while J concentrated on the boards and tools he was going to need to do the project. We joined up outside to pick out the soil and rocks, after 30+ bags to fill the bed being loaded into the trailer we drove off with everything we needed.

J got to work right away, working through most of the night assembling. He was proud of himself that every cut was precise, and no extra pieces of wood were bought. The next morning we moved the bed to the back yard and filled it with the rocks, soil and also installed a soaker hose halfway through the bed to help water the veggies this summer.

N assisted with all the digging.

We also installed a lattice for the peas and beans to climb up.

In between some of the rain showers I managed to get the seeds in and on Sunday I had the first of the plants poking through. The boys are super excited to be able to go out back and pick their own snacks out of the backyard. 

We still need to work on the front flower beds, they are getting pretty wild. But I am so happy to have gotten the vegetables planted, maybe there will be another weekend we will be able to tame the rest of the yard.