Remember how I used to write detailed posts about house projects? Let’s bring those back for the garden. But let’s not make them too detailed.

We’ve lived here for seven years (!!!) and have always wanted to have a vegetable garden but also always had other yard stuff going on that precluded it from happening. 2023 is the year!

And we’re going all in! (Of course)

Our current plan is to have two 4’x8′ garden beds (maybe a third later on, we’ll see), with the following things planted:

  • Broccoli
  • Green Beans
  • Beets
  • Carrots
  • Peppers
  • Tomatoes
  • Cucumbers
  • Basil
  • Cilantro

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We (meaning Steven) started the tomatoes, broccoli, and peppers from seeds inside, and the rest we’ll sow outside after the last frost (early May).

We got the supplies to build the garden beds two weekends ago (on April 2) and built them last weekend (on April 8 & 9).

They’re made out of 2x4x8′ cedar boards and 4x4x8′ cedar posts. The idea is that you can cut some of the 8′ boards in half for the sides, and use the other 8′ boards as is to make a box, but lumber never comes in the exact same size (or square) so we had to do a few extra cuts.

We treated the cedar to protect it from weathering and decay,

and we built the base in Dragonstone then assembled the rest in the yard.

Voila!

We still need to:

  • add supports in the middle
  • level the yard
  • fill the beds with soil
  • sow the seeds/transport the plants from inside

We placed the beds in the northwest corner of our yard, which, believe it or not, gets the most sun, because of our tree layout.

We see deer here frequently so we’re both concerned how much of the crop we’ll get and how much the critters will. We have to come up with a fence solution to keep the wildlife out. Stay tuned. Ha.