The wife got Spring fever again this year and wanted to grow something. Our yard isn't laid out very well to put in a garden...but where there is a will there is a way. Right?
This all took about 12 days...off and on work with about 5 idle days.
Off to Lowes 150 cinder blocks including 50 smaller 4 inch wide blocks for the back of the garden.
Here is where I decided to put it in...between the columns its about 40 feet long and 5 feet deep.
Tilled, tilling helped a lot when leveling the cinder blocks.
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The first rung of Blocks and the rear blocks against the fence in place. These were a pain to get level:
2nd tier in place...much easier than the bottom
Its 40X 5ft or 200 square feet of actual planting space.
Got a wee bit of wobble in the wall...but not bad for a meteorologist.
Still have to stake and backfill the cinder blocks then get more dirt, but we should be planting veggies by Monday.
Had a little help moving dirt one this afternoon. In total It took 6 cubic yards. I have come to find out that's probably a yard or two more than I needed. Oh Well.
That's my 10 year old Reese HELPING and my 7 year old girl Reagan "helping"
The weather delayed us a bit, but we're getting close to planting. Blocks are backfilled and painted. I don't really know why I painted them, but I had it on hand. 3 cubic yards of garden mix down, about 3 to go.
We're going to finish the blocks with Ceder fence boards to make it look nicer.
Build is done...on to the planting
We plan on planting few things for the kids like Sugar Baby watermelon and blueberries(I love blueberries). Probably some better boy and Roma tomatoes, for Slasa and tomato sauce. Big boy tomatoes for sammiches. Green and Red Bell Peppers, jalapenos, squash and one of my favorites lost of Okra. Cucumbers. And we're thinking about putting various herbs in the cinderblocks along the front of the garden.
I am pretty new to gardening. I've grown some tomatoes, peppers and a few other things(nothing on this scale) But most of my planting has been on deer hunting plots. Any tips, suggestions, do's/dont's would be appreciated.
