Planning

As soon a started looking at homes I was exited about the possibility of a garden.  So after buying our house i started to think of how and where in my yard the garden would go in our yard.  Where was the sun shinning how big would my garden be.  I don't know a ton but I know a garden needs sun.  I knew where the previous owners had theirs it was prime play area for our kids and dog . Maybe, I could just use a little bit of the best space in the yard! I kept watching the sun track the sky to see where the trees would cast their shadows.  The trees had grown since the Mraz Garden.  The Mraz garden was great!  They has six children and would can 52 jars of beans and 52 cans of carrots and on and on....52 cans of each because there are 52 weeks in a year.  The Mraz family owned the house for 47 years!  Its no wonder the the trees has grown.  In front of the garden shed seemed like a great place with lots of sun. This area has a short rock all that will need to be fixed and some mood flowers in front of it.  I discovered they were a TOXIC!  So no huge loss there.  The more I was thinking about a garden the more I talked about it.  So a conversation with my friend Cynthia about risen beds yielded valuable information about companion gardening and raised bed gardening!  She gave me the name of the man who perfected raised bed gardening: Mel Bartholomew Square Foot Gardening her is a link to the webpage I found.  I got his book along with The Backyard Homestead and I was exited but, it wasn't until the Jung Seed catalog came that I really started to get serious.  Jim thought A LITTLE TOO SERIOUS!  "Its f-ing winter !" So away I went into planning!