garden time!

my sweet pita (aka momma) knew how badly i wanted to plant a little garden and she ordered for a us a little raised bed garden kit!!! and it finally arrived on saturday! here it is as it arrived right off the fed ex truck. the delivery guy looked at me like i was nuts when he dropped it off. i think he thought i bought a box of bricks or something. that thing was HEAVY!

 bub was busy doing his own saturday project - ghetto rigging the corolla so it would have an auxillary port - which i am most impressed to say he did it! we can now listen to our ipods in the car anytime we like! but back to garden business... nuggie and i set about assembling the garden bed. she supervised like a champ :-)

i used a drill for the first time in my life to put this bad boy together!

after i got it assembled... oh wait, wait - i must also give a shout out to miss k for her help! she strolled over and was most useful in the construction and especially the mallet swinging. thanks lady!!!

ok so yes, after i/we/all of us got it put together, bub, nugg, gramps and i loaded in to our two tiny cars and hit up home depot for soil. we purchased 48 bags of soil and a bag of sand. then we dumped and poured and filled the bed with dirt!

i watered it to a soak twice yesterday and again this morning and then this afternoon i planted! a few of my starts from inside survived, so i planted those. the two wire cages have peas planted all around them so they can have something to crawl up. the corners have herbs - rosemary, oregano, parsley and sage. i also planted chives, green onions, swiss chard, mustard greens, broccoli, cauliflower,cabbage, two types of lettuce and carrots. i'm a little concerned that this awful hot weather we're still having may fry them, but i'll be sure to water them well every morning and night. 

and there you have it! my first attempt at a garden. it is so much fun to play in the dirt. it also felt very peaceful and relaxing, a much needed respite from the stress of school i am sure!