My First Country Garden

We decided to stay at the country house for a few days before heading back to Dallas.  We needed to finish getting items out of the yard and make a few decisions on what to take and what to leave.  I had herbs growing in my raised beds in Dallas, onions, strawberries and plants I thought about digging up part of to transplant.

We took the rain barrels from the Dallas house and all the cinder blocks they were sitting on...I decided to use them for a raised bed garden at our country house.  We needed to make a trip to the store for some garden soil and veggie plants.  It was kind of late to be starting a garden, but we did it anyway.  Crew went and got some things for one of his house projects and I asked him to get a few more cinder blocks and garden soil.  After I got the bed dug up and the soil amended I was ready for plants.  We went to Texarkana to  visit Home Depot and Lowes.  We got a variety of tomatoes, some melons, cucumbers, and peppers.  I had brought my Blackberries, Raspberries and a few other potted plants with us already.

Our dog Kensie tried to help me plant the veggies, she kept digging in the garden so I knew a fence around the garden would be required.  We didn't get any fencing at Home Depot so I used what I had laying around that we had brought from the house in Dallas.  I had picked a level spot in the back of spot where the gazebo sat.  There may have been a garden back there before, I am not sure...the soil was pretty black and looked pretty good when I dug the grass out for my raised bed.  There was a faucet close by so that I could water when I needed to and room to expand the garden when I had more time.  In Texas, you also want some shade during the day in the summer when it is hot...or the plants will burn up.  I was surprised at how quickly everything grew.

My first garden at our new homestead in the country

This picture was taken a few weeks later, the plants grew very fast and I was shocked...I was going to need a bigger garden!