Garden: the seeds are in

We went to the store to get some plants for the garden, but plants are way too expensive. Instead, we just went crazy on the seeds. I realize it's a little late for some of these seeds, but this is an experimental garden year for us anyways. If it works, it works. If it doesn't, it doesn't.

Like I mentioned before, we're going to try the square foot technique, where each square foot has a different plant in it. Depending on the plant, you either put 1, 3, 6, 9, or 16 plants in the square (or something like that - we're not exactly following the rules to the letter). If all of our plants grow, we're going to have a crazy jungle. We even put some vine plants like cucumbers, and even some melons. I have no idea how those types of plants are supposed to work in a square foot garden, but that's ok.

So this is what we planted today: sunflowers, marigolds, peppers, watermelon, cantelope, sugarsnap peas, spinach, radishes, brocoli, lettuce, cherry tomatos, cilantro, carrots, cucumbers, onions, and squash.

Garden: construction complete

Well I got this idea a while back to start one of those square-foot gardens. Actually, a coworker of mine was doing one and I liked his pictures. But, I've got rabbits that graze in my yard, plus a cat, and sometimes some raccoons, so I didn't want to just put one on the ground. Instead, I decided to raise mine up about 3 feet and see if it would work.
So that's what I did. I constructed an 8 x 4 square foot garden, raised up about 3 feet and deep enough for 11 inches of soil. I'm a little worried about the weight of the soil, especially when it rains, but I think it will hold. It's constructed of 2 x 4's and 4 x 4's. The frame is pressure treated so it should last a while, but the wood that actually touches the soil is not pressure treated. Who wants to eat pressure treated vegetables? In addition, I put holes in the bottom so that some water could drain out during the down-pours.