Chuck put together some garden boxes for us. We used these
two years ago at our first place together and they worked wonderfully. Last
year we just cleared a patch of land, since we had good soil we thought the raised
beds would be unnecessary, however we under estimated the excitement of Brody
and his digging ability. We are hoping the boxes will help him understand the
barrier between the garden and the rest of the yard. I’m thinking this will
also help with the weeds; we had a terrible creeping vine last year that was impossible
to keep out of the garden.

I’m also interested to try out the square foot method. I
have trouble pruning, and whittling down the correct number of plants in a
space, and I’m hoping this method will help me with that.

We decided this year to have two 4×4 ft boxes for the main
garden and three 4x ½ ft boxes that we will put along the porch for peas. Chuck
has a pretty big affinity for peas so we want to make sure there are a lot of
them. There will also be a small container garden on the porch for herbs,
because I like the easy access when I’m cooking.

Here is my list of plants: Peas, green beans, yellow beans,
cherry tomatoes, beef steak tomatoes, cabbage, Caesar lettuce, masculine
lettuce mix, spinach, kohlrabi, carrots, heirloom carrots, cucumbers, radishes,
parsnips, peppers, and onions.

My list of herbs (some of these I already have and will just
move them outside): Rosemary, basil, purple basil, parsley, cilantro, mint,
chives, tarragon, thyme,