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My First Garden!

Thanks to the wisdom of marvelous Mel Bartholomew, author of All New Square Foot Gardening, and Marge, who’s the Queen of Gardening and also happens to be my friend Carolyn’s mom, I built, designed and planted my first garden. No shit. Well, yea, with some shit, some chicken shit — it was part of the compost that we used to create the soil. It’s a bit disturbing (no, very disturbing) to think that my strawberries are going to be nourished by chicken shit. Oh life, I don’t know what to make of it most of the time.

Check out photos of my soil mixing evening and photos of my historic planting day.

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6 Responses to “My First Garden!”

  1. Laurie Says:
    March 18th, 2008 at 4:26 am

    Well shit, have fun with it!

  2. Dad Says:
    March 19th, 2008 at 8:19 am

    Hey looks like you did a good job. Happy future harvest.
    Love, Dad

  3. Mom Says:
    March 19th, 2008 at 8:21 am

    I’m impressed with the structure! Now with a little sun and lots of watering the crop should be a “Martha” like harvest.
    Enjoy, Mom

  4. andypad Says:
    March 19th, 2008 at 2:20 pm

    Thanks, Laurie, Mom and Dad! My thumb’s already looking greener than it did a week ago.

  5. Gena Says:
    March 20th, 2008 at 9:04 am

    Any sprouts yet? I know, I know…Patience! ;) I had a blast planting and air guitaring with ya’ll! Keep those baby greens smiling! G

  6. andypad Says:
    March 21st, 2008 at 8:57 pm

    Hee-hee. G, the GOOD news is that today we discovered some … yep … some SPROOOOOUTS! The flowers YOU planted are making their way up! The non-flower squares are silent … so I’m trying to have (what’s that word?) patience. Damn. Where’s my peppers?!?!

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