The Garden part 1

Jess came to me a while ago saying she wanted me to create a garden for her to plant some chicken teriyaki. I thought cool! I didn't know you could do that. Needless to say I got started immediately.



After doing some research and consulting the experts (Kelly and Lance) we decided on a relatively unconventional method known as the weedless garden. Basically, you start by putting down wet newspaper. It sounds strange, I know but the idea is that it will kill the grass below, not let new weeds up, will let our plants' roots down, and will eventually decay and go away. That's my understanding.



We chose a design with 6 beds that mound above ground. I build a quick frame which I then positioned, filled with soil and organic compost, then removed to do the next one. It made the process easy. Our little wheelbarrow was a life saver transporting the soil from the pile to the garden.



Eventually, the beds will have wood chip paths all around that will let us access all parts easily. The idea here is we never walk in the beds themselves, which means we don't have to til the soil each year.



I then surrounded the garden itself with about 7 inches of dirt we can use to plant flowers or whatever we would like. I left a break in the front which will allow us to enter the garden area. I know it looks like a garden someone used to litter in, but the next steps will be to put down newspaper over the path areas and then lay down the wood chips. It will make a huge difference. Stay tuned for part 2.