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Beauty and Bounty from a Kitchen Garden

The garden that began with a magazine article (see “A kitchen garden begins”) is finished. Well, only finished in the gardening sense which is the plants are in and the real is work is now beginning. This has become the destination spot in our yard. I find myself here first thing in the morning with my coffee to weed, deadhead and water.

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Building raised beds-cheap!

My plan of building raised garden beds has been put into motion.  For 2 months I have been researching this method of gardening and trying to figure out how to do it for (significantly) less than $100 per bed.   We have found our answer in cinder block.  My husband suggested it and at first I [...]

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