After volunteering for the day at London Farm garden sale we got tips from the veteran gardeners. I also scored a few items that I was very excited would add a little personality to our space (of course only adding to the pink flamingo that went in on day 1). The two square frames were about a dollar each. The wooden one made a great barrier for the strawberries. I originally had flowers as you can see from the photo below however Chris put up a fuss that this was prime real estate and should be used for something edible...strawberries were the perfect compromise of pretty flowers, edible and a must in any garden.
The second frame was the base for my peas. I knew I wanted something fun for them to grow up. We already have the tent with netting for the beans but I love snap peas so why not since we have the room.
I had my mom help me build the teepee trellis. We put the middle bamboo stick in first then one by one added the thinner twigs. I needed the second set of hands, definitely wouldn't have been able to do it myself.
Once we used up all of the sticks we wrapped the top with wire. I also wrapped the wire half way down for the vines to have more area to latch onto .
After removing the flowers and putting the strawberry plants into the planter we added a long stick that we found across the street at the beach. We were on our bikes so it was very funny watching Chris drag it while I was riding alongside him drinking a my wine in a to-go cup ha.
The stick ended up being more functional then we thought, it was nice to rest your arm on it while you were putting seeds in the rows. In other rows found I did a lot of lunging while trying to reach the other end of the row.
In the photo below we had just planted the lettuce. The ones we started at home didn't take in the hard clay so we also added some new fertilizer
I love how every time we go we make changes or add something or see our little plants grow. I can't wait to make a salad ha.
