Planting your garden

This week we planted. We actually started a few weeks ago. First we designated what area we are going to transform into our garden. Then we did research. So as you all may notice I'm a researching kind of gal. So in our research we discovered for best results you need at least 12 inches of soil depth whether your planting in ground or containers. Hey maybe that is why my first round didn't work!! So anyways, we dug 12 inches down in our soil then we did a ph balance test and mason jar soil test. The ph balance test informed us if our garden is acidic or alkaline. The mason jar test showed up what our actual soil is made of. So we discover our garden has a little to much clay so we needed to add some fresh compost and some good old fashion clean garden dirt. Which we purchase at our local nursery. So we put it all in there which means we re dug and mixed what we already had dug up so the soils mixed well in. Then for the next week or so we watered it and allowed our soil to blend well before we planted again. The we hatched out our plan for what we will be growing and how many plants we needed.So since my garden is only 10 feet long and 6 feet wide I'm thinking small. Then we discussed what do we usually buy at the store. I have to laugh because we are big tomato eaters. We also love squash and cucumbers and of course Limes and Lemons!! We also eat a ton of peppers red, green, and yellows. The issue is spacing and hatching out how to allow your plants to have the room they need. The squashes are ground plants and need about 18-24 inches to grow out the peppers and tomatoes are more like bushes and grow upwards.  The lime and lemon trees for best results need other citrus trees to help with pollination. 

In this photo you can see we placed tomatoes in the front. squashes behind them and the peppers in middle and then the lime tree and cucumber in the back. By doing this we allow all the plants to have the room to grow with no stress about over crowding. 

                                                                       Handsome man in the garden!!

So luckily for us the day after we planted we had a awesome rain storm to help with the watering. With the lime and lemon tree for the first month you want to water them good 2 a week. You need the water to get deep down into the roots. So a regular sprinkler only gets about 6 inches down so they need a little more attention at the begging.  Any questions feel free to email me.