My neighbor (Stephanie) and I have decided to garden this year. I attempted a bit of gardening last year but it wasn’t very successful. But this year will be better! We have two garden beds. One will be all vegetables (most of the plants have come from my Dad in Bartlesville) and the other will be flowers and herbs. Below are some photos of us getting the beds ready for planting.
Stephanie is starting to shovel the vegetable bed.
Heather (our friend and neighbor across the street) and Stephanie.
The flower bed had some root systems left over from some vines that used to grow on the side of the building. They were a fair amount of work to remove.
Stephanie and Heather are working on removing one of the big roots.
The flower bed is done!
I have planted all of the flowers and am waiting for them to come up. The chives and basil have been planted; I still need to get some more herbs. The vegetable garden still needs a little more work (we bought some new dirt to mix in with what’s already there) and we need to plant it. I’ll post some photos of things when they come up. Let’s hope for productive gardens this year!
Cut your potatoes into chunks, 2-3 eyes per chunk, and let them air dry 2 days before you plant them. Dig a hole 4-6 inches deep for each chunk, 1 foot apart in each direction, and place the chunks in “eyes up”.