A couple of weeks ago we decided to do a raised bed garden. With raised beds, we can use better soil. Our soil from the ground is just too sandy and rocky for a vegetable garden. Dad helped us make boxes for the raised beds and we filled them with soil. Now we are working on getting the  fence up around the plot.

I tried starting my tomato seeds indoors a couple of months ago. The first batch sprouted and then died not long after. The second batch hardly sprouted at all.  I have found that I don’t have much of a green thumb. I have a new respect for people that can actually grow something from a seed. Oh well, I hope that the rest of the things I plant will turn out all right.

]]> http://daisiesfromdad.com/2010/06/04/garde_construction/feed/ 0 http://daisiesfromdad.com/2010/03/06/gardenplanning/ http://daisiesfromdad.com/2010/03/06/gardenplanning/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:19:29 +0000 Kristi http://kristi.wpatch.com/?p=155 Continue reading →]]> My brother Luke and I have been planning a garden since fall of last year. I just picked out the seeds this week and I have been reading books about gardening from the library. I am getting really excited about starting the garden. I am planning on starting some of the seeds indoors. Pretty soon it will be time to start the tomatoes. Besides tomatoes, I’m going to try growing green beans, carrots, green onions, corn (I’m not so sure that will work out), chives, marigolds, morning glories, and sunflowers.

It is fun learning about gardening, and the more I learn, the more excited I get about it.  I’ll try to keep you updated on the progress of my garden. I am so looking forward to spring!

My friend brought these marker things called “Sprayzas” when she came over last week. This is a picture I made with them. It’s a marker that you hook up to a tube that you blow in and it sprays color. They are pretty cool, but you can get lightheaded doing all that blowing!

Mom took down the Christmas decorations today. This is a picture of one of the ornaments that I took before Christmas.

This is a poster I made a while back. They are really easy and cheap to make. Here’s what I did.
I started with a standard size piece of poster board and taped 6 pieces of
scrapbooking paper, overlapping like shown in the photo, to the poster board. See? Very simple, and very cool too.

This is my fish, Phil. My friend got him for me for my birthday.

The lake

Daisies

The sky on a beautiful day

Mint leaves (they smell really good)

Some kind of berries, I’m not sure what they are

Flowers