My new garden

While Eli was away with Gigi, Ben and I tackled one of our many landscaping projects. Ben and I have gardened for the last 8 years.  We could not imagine a year without enjoying our "homemade" tomatoes and squash. So on Friday evening we set out to begin the back breaking work of transforming the corner of our backyard into a lush vegetable garden. It took us about 4 days, but it was worth it. At least I think so...then again I wasn't the one doing most of the heavy lifting. Here are photos of the project.

This is what the garden looked like before...oh lovely weeds (this is actually the opposite side of the yard because I forgot to take a picture before starting)

Saturday: The garden is edged, the black plastic is partially installed, and the cardboard is down in the bottom of the planters. Adi is supervising our work from the corner

Saturday/Sunday: All this dirt was hauled to the backyard and put into the planters...that is after we got 1.5 inches of rain. That meant for a muddy back yard and bags that were double the weight when we bought them.

Sunday Afternoon: The beds are all full of dirt...lots of really heavy dirt.

My awesome hubby looking nice and dirty from hauling countless bags of dirt in the muddy yard

Monday: Ben hauled 4 yards of granite from the front yard to the backyard on our little lawn trailer.

Tuesday: The crushed granite is in and the plants are in the beds.

Notice the table in the back corner? That is the table Ben made for our wedding altar almost 10 years ago. I love it in the garden, it will be a great planting station.

My rock star hubby!! Thanks for your hard work babe...I love it!!

Next up...a little wrought iron fence around the whole thing with some lovely vines growing on. This year I in addition to my typical veggies (tomatoes, squash, peppers, herbs, okra), I also planted a small cut garden--so excited about that. Can't wait for the goodies that will come my hubby's labor of love!