So I'm taking the plunge and starting a little garden. I have been reading a couple other people's blogs, and it seems like Square Foot Gardening is the way to go. So today, Gord and I made this 4 foot by 4 foot raised garden bed, out of some scrap lumber we had lying around in a pile. It took a lot longer than we thought it would to build, but it turned out quite well!I have to get some weed barrier cloth to put down first, string up the grids, and then I will start adding my soil mixture. Apparently equal parts peat moss, vermiculite and compost is the way to go, but I don't want to use peat moss because it is a (virtually) non-renewable resource. So I will use 1/3 dirt that the ants around our yard have kindly dug up for us. And the rest will be compost and vermiculite. I hope to get the garden in by next weekend for sure! It is already starting to get kind of late in the growing season, but I will give it a whirl and see what I can grow.
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