One down, one to go!  In between rainy afternoons I put this garden bed together, just need to add some center supports.  I’ll have two – both will be 4’x8′ and 12″ deep.  I figured l should start with these and see how good my gardening skills are, lol.  After reading a ton of garden bed ideas on Pinterest, I decided to go with Douglas Fir, 2″x6″x8′ boards – 6 boards for each bed.  It freaked me out a bit reading on Pinterest how the pressure treated wood has chemicals and could leach into your soil so I went with untreated wood (HD says the pt wood is fine for garden beds).  It won’t last as long as PT wood but I figured I might be “done” with gardening by the time they rot, lol or I’ll change my mind and turn the garden area into a chicken coop, we’ll see.

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When I bought my little farmhouse I thought this area next to the barn would be perfect for my veggie garden.  The sun is finally out so after work I decided to see how hard it would be to cut down the metal on the garden wall (the previous owners had this area built like fort knox to keep their killer dog in).  I got my gloves, my safety glasses and my wonderful new headphones.  These headphones are the best, thanks Diane & Brian!!!!  They’re noise reduction and have a build-in radio, LOVE!  I used a grinder (I borrowed from work) and a “cut-off” blade.  Once I got the hang of it, the grinder cut like butter, well kinda, lol.  My plan is to finish cutting the top half of the wall off to let more sunshine in and then possibly use “cattle panels”  (http://tinyurl.com/hc3mdqw) and some wood trim to finish it off.  Slowly but surely, lol. 😉

March 2, 2016

May 3, 2016

I’m so tickled my strawberries have survived the below freezing temps & 4 snow/rain storms since I planted them!!  They even have flower buds, Grandma Weaver would be proud 😉  So for those of you that are strawberry grower experts . . . should I pick those flowers off????  It seems like I read somewhere that you should pick the first flowers off????