2 more garden beds

We added two additional garden beds this year to last year's compliment of one. 

The mistake I made in building them, was not leaving two of the posts at full length in order to nail up some lattice for beans, tomatoes, etc. to climb. Hat method would have cost another 1-2 hundred dollars though, as posts are bloody expensive, so the silver lining here may be that I can come up with another cheaper solution using some of the scrap wood around the yard. 

First pull from the garden

First up is the red lettuce. 

Totally went in tonight's salad. 

A few garden upgrades.

Picked some paving stones and a water barrel up from Home Depot:

...put the stones around the peremetre of the garden bed:

After a bit of tin-snipping, I installed the water barrel under a downspout. 

Found some wild thyme growing in the bushes behind the house, so I transplanted that into the top of the barrel. We'll see if it takes:

And then for good measure, I finally picked some of that wild rhubarb growing  in the backyard for dessert tonight! :)

Veggie Garden

So apparently this is what happens when you take some of those potatoes you forgot to eat, and put them in a box full of dirt. 

Also, the peas, carrots, lettuce and tomatoes are coming along well after 2-3 weeks