Build a Garden

This past week we built a garden. Meaning the kids played in the dirt, I watched them and scooped a few shovelfuls, and Karl did the rest.

This is what we did:
1) plot out the area for the garden. I think we're crazy--3000 square feet puts us more on a small farm scale. But what the heck, we have plenty of space in the back yard, why not produce?
2) level the area with a tractor.

3) Karl found a source for bulk chicken manure ($50/ton) and compost ($18/cubic yard). He took the pickup truck and trailer and got a load. Then we scooped it out onto the garden and spread it around.

4) till the area with a rototiller.
5) use railroad ties to edge the areas that are terraced/leveled
6) plant. It's raining this week, so it may be delayed. And we aren't going to plant the whole area this year. We need to practice growing things first.


Here's what it looks like so far.

Anyone with experience: advice is welcome.

10 things I will miss about Utah

1. My Mom (for a thousand reasons) and family only 15 minutes away. I've never lived more than 50 miles from home except for my summers at scout camp.
2. The Wasatch Front skyline
3. Snow (and snowshoeing, snow caves, sledding, skiing...)
4. Friends and neighbors in Magna
5. Soft green grass in summer
6. A fireplace
7. Our house that we made into a home
8. Working with newborns at the hospital
9. Tulips in the springtime
10. Temple square

I think it's only beginning to hit me what moving really means. I am going to miss a lot of things. I have enjoyed so many blessings in the past years. I'm grateful to Heavenly Father for watching over our family.