My garden plans for 2022!

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Gardening is one of my absolute favorite things to do but this year will be bittersweet.  James helped with the garden so much.  I know I will be constantly thinking about him this year while I'm doing all the garden things.

For past 2 years, we did large gardens.  The 2020 garden did so well.  It was our best garden ever.  We tried again last year but it was a disaster.  We were just beginning our cancer journey in June right after we put the garden in.  Things were neglected & then, after a series of floods, the garden was pretty much over with.

I have a different plan for the 2022 garden.  Because I have the greenhouse now, I want to move the garden closer to that.  I'm also going back to raised garden beds.  I don't think I'll have the time & energy to do a big garden this year.

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.

Here’s the recap of my 2018 garden!  Check out what I loved & hated about the garden this year!