Our Old Garden

My husband and I have had a garden for about 6 years.

We only started growing our garden in the springtime.

Living in the north we were able to sow our seeds right into

the ground because it was dirt.

We did have a small, raised bed for our strawberries

so our children could get to them outside of the main garden.

My husband and I also like to grow our tomatoes in pots.

They were in the front of the house and for us they grew better this way.

It was amazing to grow our garden and see it get to how we wanted it each year.

We even had a small flower garden in the front of the house.

We started that one a couple years ago and we were starting to get good at it.

BUT…….

This year we have to start all over.

Our New Garden

This past year my family and I moved from the north with lots of dirt to

the south that does not have any dirt or not even a lot of grass anywhere.

I thought this was so strange because it was not something I was used to.

It was a learning curve for us but we figured it out.

We decided to start with a small garden to see what we could grow because

it gets really hot here in the summer and there are not many days that freeze.

My husband and I like to keep things on the cheaper side and

reuse what we can as you will soon see. 

In our small garden this year my husband made me two raised beds out of wood we already had.

A small square raised bed that has beans, peas, radishes, carrots, onions and two tomato plants.

There is also a bigger square raised bed that has a lot of herbs and different lettuce in it so far.

My husband cut three tires in half and a small tire that has

squash, zucchini, pumpkin, corn and tomatoes in them.

We dug out a small hole and put the tire on top and filled it up with dirt.

There are also about fourteen pots that we already had that have peppers and tomatoes in them.

For the pots we dug holes in the ground to put the pots in.

We did this because we get hurricane strong winds and storms.

We thought this would help the pots from blowing away or getting broken.

Around the garden half of the fence that is up we already had and

the other half we did have to buy.

We already had all of the posts for the fence.

I do not have a real gate yet but

my husband made a creative way to open and close the fence.

I love it.

I also have a little place for the littlest kiddos to play in because

the littlest one which is 14 months old already likes to pull the plants out of the garden.

She thinks she is helping mommy pull out the weeds

which would be helpful if what she was pulling out was actually weeds.

So the play area gives them something to do.

I can not wait to see how the garden grows from plants

and other things we put into it.