Planting my garden

After the lonnnng weekend and busy monday I finally had an afternoon off to prepare my garden bed. I'm using the compost that the nursery suggested and a soil amendment. My bed needs about 12 cubic feet of soil. I use 6 of compost and 6 of the rich soil.

Full of new soil

If you want your plants to grow in perfect rows I suggest making a grid and planting within a 1x1 foot area.

I just used some nails and string

It also helps if you plan out where everything should go before planting as well. You don't want your tall plants to cover the small plants. Or block the sun. Also some of the plants will spread over a larger space so it might be a good idea to leave a blank space in between certain types of vegetables. 

Planted :)

Also started some seedlings for mid summer planting. It's so fascinating watching things grow. It's been about 3 days since I planted some seeds and theyre already sprouting! I bought a seed starter kit at my local hardware store. Only 7 bucks!