Spring has sprung in the PacNorWest. It sprung like a month ago. Trees and plants have been blooming like crazy already, the daffodils are yellowing the landscape, and Seattleites - drawn outside by an unfamiliar sun - have started prepping their gardens for growing season 2010. We are no different, and the promise of a 60 degree March day with no clouds and no chance of rain brought us out-of-doors too. Last weekend and this have been gorgeous, so we decided to transform our sideyard from a grassy, biological wasteland to a garden of eaten. Check out our before, during, and after pics below.
When we first saw this house with our real estate agent, we thought the sideyard would be a great place for raised veggie beds.
Adrienne made all those little pots out of newspaper and planted lettuce, onions, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, peppers, melons, pumpkins, cucumbers, amaranth, millet, basil, cilantro, sage, chives, dill, camomile, marigolds, calendulas, alyssum, leeks, cabbage, kale, chard, mustard, okra, squash, mint, yarrow...and others we can't remember. They are all starting to grow in our basement grow room. A cherry tree, fig tree, blueberry bushes, asparagus starts, and salmonberry just arrived in the mail.
Got this ginormous truck to haul our 4 yards of dirt...which equals 8,000 lbs.
Shovelin dirt.
Haulin dirt.
The finished product (thank you, Vanna).
