WOO HOO new garden! FINALLY

southern28chick

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It's about 20'x40'

Tilling was finished today. We added to the soil mushroom compost and our chicken poo and pine shavings from last summer.

I took the pictures so you don't see that I actually did any work but I did a lot of it. We're both very sore and tired. I'm thinking about a nice hot salt bath. :D

Photobucket won't let me resize the pictures...again so some of them are cut short.

Garden site:
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Grass burning:
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DH thinking "Oh Lord!!! I have a lot of work ahead of me"
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Tilling:
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4 hours later...view from kitchen window:
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Backyard Buddies

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Wow! You guys worked hard (well, we see that hubby did and I assume you must have been working when you weren't taking pictures. :lol: ) It looks great! So, what are you planting and when? :D
 

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Close to half of that will be corn
We'll also grow:
Tomatoes
Potatos
Green Beans
Eggplant
Bell Peppers
Okra
Hot peppers
Squash
Zuccinni (spelling)
and a bunch of other stuff that I can't think of right now. :D

I grow mostly from seeds and last year a late (unexpected) frost killed my seedlings in April so I'm going to be safe and wait until late April.
 

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Would you be able to plant things to put in your soap? I don't know what, but it was an idea that just popped in my head.
 

southern28chick

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Carri said:
Would you be able to plant things to put in your soap? I don't know what, but it was an idea that just popped in my head.
I have baby Lavender plants growing in my kitchen right now. I wanted to do Calendula but I hear the south is to hot for them.
 

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Southern, congratulations on your new view from the kitchen window! We hope you post pics as your growing season progresses!
 

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southern28chick said:
Carri said:
Would you be able to plant things to put in your soap? I don't know what, but it was an idea that just popped in my head.
I have baby Lavender plants growing in my kitchen right now. I wanted to do Calendula but I hear the south is to hot for them.
They are cool season flowers, although the ones in my yard, once they start blooming, will bloom all summer if I keep them well deadheaded.
 
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