I recently celebrated an anniversary with my Husband. He’s the best gift giver ever! So for our anniversary he had our landscapers dig and irrigate a garden for me in our back yard <3 We live in a dry climate, so you need special soil and some extra muscles to dig down in the hard earth. I’ve always wanted my own garden and now I have one with plenty of room to grow. I went to our local gardening store right away and got the supplies I needed. We are in the last few weeks of good planting, so I needed to get going. After doing some research, I picked 4 items that grow good this time of year. Thank you so much my love, you’re the best!
He had it put in the corner of our yard, so there’s room for expansion.
I toiled the soil and dug my rows for planting.
First 2 rows, onion
Next 2 rows, Giant Caesar Lettuce
Then some Italian Parsley
And finally Swiss Chard
I labeled all my little sticks
Planted the seeds
And watered all the rows with love 🙂
I’ll keep you all updated on my garden’s progress. If anyone has any suggestions or tips to keep it at it’s best, I’d love to hear them. Hope you all have a wonderful week!
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Happy Anniversary and what a wonderful thoughtful gift. Can’t wait to see your plants pop up and grow.
Thank you so much! I hope I have a green thumb 😉
Good luck with your garden – you are growing easy, but delicious things. Water, sun and tender loving care – that’s what my veggies get 🙂 What kind of sun does your garden get as it is up against a wall on 2 sides? I add a bag of compost to each 3’x6′ raised bed every year and some topsoil when needed. As your veggies grow thin them so they have plenty of room to grow.
Thank you! Good to know they’re easy being this is my first attempt 🙂 It actually gets sun from 7am to about 5pm, it’s in the perfect sunny little spot even with the walls on 2 sides. Thanks for all the tips!
Great Sarah, now when you read my posts about my gardens you’ll know the loving care and attention I give them daily! It is so much joy! Some work but I do it early mornings before it gets too hot ! It is fun to watch it grow. Enjoy I know you will. Your Fl. Bud and TK friend. Cheryl
Thanks Cheryl! I can’t wait to read your garden postsI do find joy in the little I’m doing now 🙂 Hopefully they’ll be growing good and strong soon.
Happy Anniversary to you and your husband! What a great gift!
Thank you Debbie! He did good 🙂
Happy anniversary! How fun! I would love a garden. I really wish I would have thought of having one before we did our yard because now I have no idea where I could put it.
Thanks! I’m having a blast with it 🙂
I’m sure we can find a spot for one!
That is a super gift, and one that really does keep giving. I know you’ll enjoy it – gardening really grows on you. Just one little bit of advice. When the lettuce and parsley start growing, pick off and use the outer leaves. This will promote growth and give you so much more yield. I used the same little lettuces all summer long, just carefully harvesting a few leaves from each plant at a time, and picking off any sign of flowering.
Thank you so much Hilda for the wonderful advice! I’ll do that 🙂
Watch out for Peter Rabbit! Hope you have fun!
Haha! Will do, thanks 🙂
Happy Anniversary! You have a thoughtful husband. I now you will have so much fun with your garden.
Thank you so much! Yes I do 🙂 I’m loving it so far!