Monday, April 20, 2009

Earth Week

This is Earth Week. So we decided to be a little greener and to plant a vegetable garden in our yard. So, off to Lowe's we went.

Stringing off the measured area.... Removing the sod...






Leveling the dirt...
Sawing the redwood boards. We bought three 6x8' boards and cut one in half to build a 4x8' raised garden area.


Screwing the sides together...
Placing the stakes 3 -4' apart for support...

And finally...filling with dirt. We still need another 6 - 8 bags of topsoil and to purchase our veggie plants. But, I am so excited that we got the planter built. I will keep you posted on our gardens progress.
Happy Earth Week!
What are your plans to live a little "greener"?

1 comment:

Amanda said...

How fun! Is this your first garden? We LOVE gardening! You should come out and see ours sometime! It is a lot of fun. Kevin planted the tomatoes and some other plants today! I can't wait to see it all grow!

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