Last year, we gave the garden a half-hearted go. Injuries and life got in the way, but we still managed a few good harvests. A few things grew, a few things bolted, and a lot of weeds got very comfortable.
This year, we’re doing it right.
We’ve got a plan. Sort of. Enough of a plan. It goes something like this:
- The garden should be productive.
- The garden should be kinda nice to look at.
- The garden should not just be “the lawn, but complicated.”
Step One: Turn the Lawn into Garden
This plot used to be grass. Not lovely meadow grass; just the mow-and-pretend-those-aren’t-weeds kind. And, as we quickly discovered, it’s sitting on top of what might be the world’s most impressive rock collection.
Still, we’re making progress.
Dean took the tractor out this week and tilled the main garden area. There’s something weirdly satisfying about watching lawn turn into long, soft rows of creamy tilled dirt, like a blank canvas that smells like compost. It’s beautiful. It’s full of potential.
What’s Next?
- Digging out the beds and the paths
- Sketching out the bed layout and plant groupings
- Getting a jump on early spring crops
- Resisting the urge to plant everything all at once just because the sun came out for five minutes
We’ve still got rocks to remove (we will never, ever not have rocks to remove) and a whole lot of digging to do… but it’s started. The garden is officially in progress.
This is the year we do more than dabble.
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