http://garden.beccab.com recording the progress of my first large garden Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:09:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I planted 1 whole bed of greens today. I didn't get out to the garden as early as I had hoped, so I only prepared one bed with some of the amazing dark soil/compost from the corral & planted seed of 8 different varieties of greens. Swiss Chard, Red Speckled ... http://garden.beccab.com/garden/greens/ Today the sign was finally completed. My wonderful mom went to the garden yesterday and prepped the sign with a pencil, and pulled a lot of the weeds & trimmed a lot of out of control brush around the garden. Today we met at the garden after I helped Cecil ... http://garden.beccab.com/garden/signs/ I spent 3 or 4 hours both Sat & Sun this past weekend preparing the old beds for planting this week - I am going to plant sweet peas, a lot of greens, some herbs & some root veggies first. It didn't take me long to fluff the soil & ... http://garden.beccab.com/garden/weekend-of-preperation/ It has been such a beautiful day - week, even. It was 81 degrees when I got to the garden today to drop off a bunch of stuff for the compost pile. I sat in the shade for an hour just enjoying the day & the birds & the blue ... http://garden.beccab.com/garden/spring-is-here/ It's almost time. Today the sun decided to come out after lunch & I thought it would be a perfect day to look over the garden, make some decisions about what to do this year & take Doc (my puppy) out there with me for a ride & some running ... http://garden.beccab.com/garden/getting-ready/ This past sunday my parents and I decided to make the most of the nice day (40 F, sunny & no wind) for a drive around the county & a hike around the farm. The first stop was at the Cemetary on the South East corner of the property. It ... http://garden.beccab.com/garden/sunday-drive/