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Our Backyard Raised Vegetable Garden

Posted on May 18, 2015 by LeolaApril 28, 2017

Did you know when you move to a new home, it’s best to wait about a year before you plan where to put your garden? Yep! It’s true. Lots of garden experts recommend waiting, if you can. 😉 Think about it for a minute. You need to make sure your garden gets enough sun, right? Because the sun’s patterns change daily and seasonally, you need to be certain the area you choose for your garden plot will have the right amount of sun. I waited 9 months. It about killed me… Fortunately, I did some container gardening on my … Continue reading →

Turning a Flowerbed into a Vegetable Garden, Part 2: Healthy Soil Makes Healthy Plants

Posted on June 1, 2012 by LeolaApril 21, 2015

You probably have heard the phrase, “You are what you eat,” but I would like to take that a step further and ask you to consider the phrase, “You are what you eat eats.” Generally, we humans eat plants and animals, and the animals we eat eat plants. So what do the plants eat? They eat what’s in the soil. So it’s extremely important to spend a considerable amount of time deciding if the soil in our gardens have enough good nutrients for the plants to eat. That’s what I want you think about for a bit because, in my … Continue reading →