Garden ready, finally

I'm so excited for spring this year. There's a fresh smell in the air from all the flowers blooming. The sounds of the new baby birds chirping in the morning. 

Last year I had a small little garden. 

As you can see a wheel barrel doesn't hold a lot.

 So this year, went a little bigger and of course had to make sure it was a raised garden. There were many ideas thrown about how big the garden would be and how it was going to be constructed.

The frame was the top part of a loft style bunk bed. My brother moved out soooo.... Instead of throwing the frame in the trash, decided it would make a prefect raised garden. 

Moved the frame to the to where I wanted the garden. Used an old pull liner on the bottom. We have guffers, so it kinda stops them from digging into the garden. And added metal sheeting to keep the dirt from falling through the cracks. 

Now its time to get some dirt. 

Love that I live in the country. 

My dad borrowed the neighbors front loader and got some dirt from the field. 

It took a lot of dirt to fill the garden. I have no idea how many trips I made to the front where the dirt was dropped to the back where the garden was. 

I had already purchased the stuff that the family wanted to grow. You can see the stuff laying in front there.

Finally after shoveling dirt till the sun went down. 

Its finally full enough to add the goodies.

This picture was taken the next morning. Looks full enough to me. 

I then placed the plants where I thought I may want them. Moved them around a few times till it looked just right. 

There are green bell peppers,  tomato, green onions,  lettuce seeds, purple bell peppers (yes a purple bell pepper, cant wait to see and taste that), cucumber and some marigolds (to keep out the bunnies and other wild life). Really excited to see this garden in full bloom (pictures to come).

And of course no garden is complete with out the protection of a gnome.

Dirt free

Frame free

Liner free

Gnome $1.00 (yard sale)

Plants $10.00

Metal sheeting $ 30.00

Total cost $41.00

Upcycling is the way to go