a weekend project... garden.

last weekend, i had the idea to make a garden in our back yard at home.  sick of paying too much for veggies at the grocery store, i took the matter into my own hands.


armed with the credit card and a car not suited for being used as a truck, i made the trek to home depot.


after picking up all the items needed for the project, i went back home and promptly procrastinated for a few hours.


finally finding the motivation, we started our weekend project at around 7pm sunday night.  


it went a LOT faster than i had anticipated.  this is the before shot.

we did a basic 10'x3' box, using the fence as one side.

then we filled it up with garden soil...after my awesome wife went BACK to home depot to get 20 more bags of garden soil... apparently i made a minor mathematical error. (ok, BIG error.  that's why she's the math major, not me.)  it was dark by the time we got done, but it was worth it.

we planted our seeds the following night, and transferred what we had started a few weeks earlier.  all in all: corn, tomato, carrot, beet, zucchini and watermelon.  oh, and the hot red chili plant and blueberry bush got new homes too.


a week later, we have tons of sprouts popping through the soil.  i think the beets look the coolest.

only about 60-90 days until we get to enjoy the fruits of our labor. (or veggies in this case)