One of my husbands main concerns with building a box garden was how he was possibly going to mow around the thing!! He thought it would just be one of those pain-in-the-rear things that he’d constantly have to be weed-whipping. Our original plans for the side of the garden toward the fence was to put down some weed prevention tarp… Read More
Box Garden, Box Garden–How fast can you GROW?
I chose to plant much of my garden REALLY early. In Minnesota, the Frost Date (and planting date) usually looms around May 31st. I planted early April. What I figured was, Heck – My plants are mostly seed, and I’m using 2-3 seeds out of an entire bag of seeds – so… If it frosts between now and then, I’ll… Read More
Building our Box Garden
Previously, I had mentioned our plans for the new garden in the back yard. It’s actually been quite some time since then – and I’d like to get you all up to date on our gardening adventures! The original plan started while I was looking through Pinterest. Of course – because, that’s where all great plans start, right?? Unfortunately I… Read More
Garden updates: The Shed Garden
Last time you all saw the garden was in this post back in mid-march about my garden plans. So I’m going to walk you through the garden process that I’ve taken since then First thing I did back in march was clean out the ‘bed’ on the side of the shed: It was quite the task, as I’m sure it’s… Read More
Miracle-Gro Kids Mickey Mouse Greenhouse
So for everyone who is (somewhat) following along with my new gardening endeavors: I’ve got a new product for y’all to check out Apparently the rep for Miracle Gro Kids Reads my blog – and realized that my little boys would be the perfect help to my big gardening plans! When I saw what they had to offer, I was… Read More