Veggie patch: the beginning

When we first decided to put an offer in on this house, one of the biggest selling points was all the room in back for us to grow vegetables. A lot of the space is taken up with bushes and flowering things right now, but there's room to add some veggies. And we're not opposed to getting rid of some of the less useful vegetation. Although I'm liking the rose bushes. They can stay.

Over the weekend, Gareth cleared an area near the back fence that just had a few plants growing in it. He added some compost and raked it in with the existing dirt. We went to the garden centre (thanks for the gift card mom!) and bought ourselves some seedlings. Although it's late summer, there are still some veggies that we can plant. We've gone with lettuce, broccoli, spinach, chard, and kale.

Behind our veggie plot, you can see the potting shed. It comes complete with running water. Gareth plans to be doing lots of pottering around in the potting shed.

Look at our adorable little seedlings! Hopefully they will take nicely to their new home and flourish. Just like we are :)