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Breaking ground in our new garden area!We tilled our new garden area last week!
But, first, a little garden backstory:
For the past 2 years, we’ve used our railroad tie raised garden bed.
That raised bed was kind of a garden disaster.
We put plastic in the bottom as a weed barrier & I’m almost certain it fried our plants the first year.
Last year was more promising, but I don’t think the soil was quite right. The plants did better, but they were nothing compared to the very first year we had a garden.
This year, I decided to go back to the basics.
We removed the railroad ties & placed the remaining dirt into an area so we can grow pumpkins, With a clean slate, it was time to begin again.
This year we will doing a traditional garden without any raised beds. We’ll be planting in our own native soil.
That seems so weird to say because we’ve been buying soil for our entire garden history! But soil is expensive, so we’re giving it a go with our own soil. I’m not sure if I’ll do a soil test or not. I’ll probably just hope for the best!
We started by tilling the old garden area & then moved on to the new area. We ended up with a super large garden this year & I love it! We also tilled an area next to the garden that was collecting a lot of water. It was basically a mud hole & the rototiller smoothed it all out. It did such a good job that I might even plant some things there too!With the new, larger garden, I have the freedom to plant whatever I want!
I’ll give you an update on our seedlings in another post, but if they all survive, there will be tons of tomato plants to grow! I also picked up some pepper plants from a local greenhouse. We also bought squash that we’ll plant directly in the ground.I can’t wait to plant this new garden!
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