Welcome to our garden!
Welcome to our garden!
Phil is a native Southern Californian. I made a cross country move for a job in Orange County, where we met and started dating. After living together for a while, we decided that we needed more elbow room. We didn't have to go far, and could even transfer within our company, to lovely San Diego. Some of our criteria for our new home included space for a dog and a garden. We ended up getting both!
Since we moved in six months ago, we have build a raised bed, and rehabilitated a plot that had been used by the original owner (our landlord). We've had some trial and error - mostly learning how to keep our new rescue dog, Kona, from tearing up things due to his separation anxiety.
Our raised bed was a quick weekend project, only two weeks after we moved in to our new home. Using 2 x 10 lumber, we framed out the bed in a patch of barren dirt next to the house's AC unit. We leveled out the boards, either by digging down into the dirt or raising them up on rocks, before we attached the ends to each other. We made stakes for each corner out of 4 x 4 pieces of lumber, then screwed the boards into the stakes. Once assembled, we filled the bed with 50% potting soil and 50% steer manure.
The first things we planted were tomatoes. We chose three varieties: Cherry, Roma, and Yellow Pear. We found a bunch of tomato cages in the yard, hidden behind the citrus trees, and put them to work. The owner must have been an avid gardener to have left trellises and about 20 tomato cages behind.
Our next project was to built a coffee table out of reclaimed wood. Unfortunately, we struggled to find real pallets to make the whole thing from pallet wood, so we picked up more lumber and stained to match our aesthetic.
We adopted Kona on March 31st, after six weeks in our house (and getting engaged!), where we quickly learned he cannot be trusted in the garden.
Phil is a native Southern Californian. I made a cross country move for a job in Orange County, where we met and started dating. After living together for a while, we decided that we needed more elbow room. We didn't have to go far, and could even transfer within our company, to lovely San Diego. Some of our criteria for our new home included space for a dog and a garden. We ended up getting both!
Since we moved in six months ago, we have build a raised bed, and rehabilitated a plot that had been used by the original owner (our landlord). We've had some trial and error - mostly learning how to keep our new rescue dog, Kona, from tearing up things due to his separation anxiety.
Our raised bed was a quick weekend project, only two weeks after we moved in to our new home. Using 2 x 10 lumber, we framed out the bed in a patch of barren dirt next to the house's AC unit. We leveled out the boards, either by digging down into the dirt or raising them up on rocks, before we attached the ends to each other. We made stakes for each corner out of 4 x 4 pieces of lumber, then screwed the boards into the stakes. Once assembled, we filled the bed with 50% potting soil and 50% steer manure.
The first things we planted were tomatoes. We chose three varieties: Cherry, Roma, and Yellow Pear. We found a bunch of tomato cages in the yard, hidden behind the citrus trees, and put them to work. The owner must have been an avid gardener to have left trellises and about 20 tomato cages behind.
Our next project was to built a coffee table out of reclaimed wood. Unfortunately, we struggled to find real pallets to make the whole thing from pallet wood, so we picked up more lumber and stained to match our aesthetic.
We adopted Kona on March 31st, after six weeks in our house (and getting engaged!), where we quickly learned he cannot be trusted in the garden.
Despite his shenanigans, we were soon harvesting the fruits (vegetables?) of our labor.
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