Dirt

It has been slow going on this garden because taking the kids to the store to look at plants/seeds/etc. is not working for us.  This week we (my husband) turned up the existing ground inside the box to loosen it up.

 Then we added 5 bags of soil.  We contemplated a lot about what mix of soil to use and finally surrendered and used some ready made Square Foot Gardening mix.

  It was so easy to just dump it in and not worry about mixing and buying the right stuff.  I also found the Square Foot Gardening book at Half Price Books.

We noticed that some critters have already been foraging around in the soil so we are going to have to find a way to protect the garden before we start planting anything.