Our little Box Garden

Here are some images of our little box garden. We'll have to see how it does. The top picture is the boxes that we built out of discounted cedar fencing. The lumber yard in town discouted it because they were cut incorrectly for a client (they were 4 inches too short) So I picked them up for 60 cents a piece! each box needed 3 peices, so my garden boxes cost 1.80 each. We have a couple of tomatoes planted, a cucumber (I figure that the vine can come over into the bushes and the porch) and a watermelon.


There are some flowers planted as well. Those are for Stuart's merit badge. He has to plant 6 different flowers, 3 from seedlings, and 3 from seeds. He has to do the same with a vegetable. So we have Petunias, Marigolds, and Impatiens in the from box.

In the little pots on the stairs, there are all of the seeds. There are a mixture of flower seeds in one (I can't remember the names). One pot has a green bean, one has a yellow wax bean and the last one will have a crook neck squash. This way we can move them around as we need them - to give them space. My front yard recieves great sun for most of the day, so I hope that this works. We have a much bigger garden, with a lot of other items growing with our friends here. We will be very busy this fall. There is an abundance of corn planted and a lot of pickling cucumbers. We are planning on making a lot of pickles!

I am not sure why stuart had his picture taken here. This is my pot. I have a small herb garden started so that I can cook with fresh herbs. I am planning on drying some this fall as well, so that I will have them.