New Beginnings

Yup, we're doing it this year!  Finally planting our first garden after some inspiration.

Our parents came into town a couple of weeks ago.  We drove all around town and had such a great time.  While up on foggy Monte Sano Mountain, we stumbled upon a wonderful community garden.

We also have a lovely arts community here in Huntsville called the Flying Monkey.  They are located in the Lowe Mill facility (we absolutely adore this place).  The Flying Monkey also started their own community garden which you can view here.  Another very inspiring garden.

With that being said...we knew that we could start our own actual garden.  We tried last year in just containers, but we're going all out this year.  Watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, corn, tomatoes, beans, lettuce, spinach...and more!  And 90% of those were started from seed!

 This year we decided to try out square foot gardening/raised bed.  We built our own box (very exciting...I got to use a drill for the first time!), visited our local nursery for amazing topsoil, and sweated the day away in the garden with our cat, Mr. Man. 

We even started our first compost pile!  Lots of grass clippings, dead leaves and turning, turning, turning with a pitchfork.  The frame is made from some old palettes that we found on the side of the road!  I'm telling you, Huntsville has the best dumpsters for diving in to.  

 We also found a random kid's table on the side of the road that we are converting into a planter for herbs and cat grass.  Here's what the garden looks like today.

More to come soon...Happy Gardening!  -Chrisha