Raised Bed Garden

This is my second attempt at having a garden. A couple of years ago I planted one in our yard, and 3 days after planting all the seeds, we had a torrential rainfall and my garden had standing water in it. I only got about 6 sugar snap peas off of 1 plant that survived. I decided to try a raised bed this time to hopefully help when we get strong rainfalls. It's nothing special, just simply a few 2x6's and 2x4's that I was able to convince my husband to build for me. We then got a trailer full of dirt to fill it.

I decided to buy tomato plants and pepper plants since I had our second child in March and was a little too busy to start seeds inside. I also bought a cilantro plant as well. I planted from seeds cucumbers, sugar snap peas, okra and green onions.

After just a few weeks, things are coming in nicely. My cucumbers, sugar snap peas, okra and green onions have all sprouted and are doing well. I actually had to thin out my sugar snap peas a bit. A couple of my tomato plants have begun to flower. My cilantro is also flowering. We are making progress! No produce yet, but its coming!

Any questions, feel free to email me at my email address: thehomesteadedmom@gmail.com

Enjoy!