Getting everything ready

When growing a garden from seed you have to be on point with making sure stuff is planted in the correct time frame, make sure they are watered, have plenty of sunlight, and for a few plants a little shade is good. some plants need a frost to germinate and sprout. While some plants will not survive in the cold.

Every year it seems like we start off like a master gardener then mid summer comes around and we are taken over with weeds. I mean just one week of not being able to weed it because life became extremely busy, and the weeds start looking at you like ,"what garden?"😅

So, this year things are being done a little differently. We got our green house put up(which was bizarre how complicated that was). We were able to keep the seeds in the greenhouse though! Instead of them being inside the house like previous years. Let me tell y'all, it's been nice not having seed trays all over the house!! My husband built four wooden raised beds and someone gave us a metal one. The yard and garden area looks nicer and more organized with the raised beds! Plus, weeds can be kept out so much easier!!

Layering raised beds 

After my husband built them, we layered the raised beds starting with some wood chips then cardboard as a weed barrier. It will eventually break down. Next, we put down some wood chips/twigs for nutrients and then the potting soil. Topped with a little mulch. No weeds should be getting through all those layers💪😎 There are multiple different ways to layer a raised bed. This is just a simple way we decided to try and it works great for us!