We have HORRIBLE soil where we live. Nothing good grows in it. Only dry ugly bushes and palm trees, but we've been wanting to grow a garden for a while now. So, I went to a preparedness fair at our Stake Center last Saturday, and this master gardener guy told me the only way to grow vegetables here is to make a raised bed and fill it with good soil. He said you could build it on top of anything, even cement. I said, "What about rocks?" He said, "Sure." So I hatched a plan, and like all my plans, it required Cody's money, and Cody's sweat. We did a little more research and decided to try "Square Foot Gardening." This is where you build a 4 foot by 4 foot box and section it off into 1 foot by 1 foot sections. Then you plant a different veggie in each section. On Monday night we went to Lowes for FHE and picked out our veggies and seeds. On the way home Drew said, "I can't wait to plant the seeds!" Sadly though, it was bedtime. The planting had to wait until the next morning. Drew came in my room bright and early and instead of his usual, "Mom, I want pancakes" he said, "Mom, let's plant our seeds!" So we did. Now we just have to keep the twins out of the dirt long enough for something to grow!
We planted tomatoes, strawberries, red onions, green onions, spinach, basil, peanuts (the master gardener guy said they grow great here), sunflowers, corn, and pumpkins.
