life's a garden. dig it.

austin and i decided we're going to grow a vegetable garden in the backyard. so we bought a book.

all new square foot gardening by mel bartholomew {you can find his website here}. the basic concept is to build a frame for the garden, that way you don't have to worry about the condition of the soil in the yard.

so on sunday we went to lowe's, bought {most} of the materials and got to work. ben even came over to help with the construction.

teamwork.

i think this was ben's way of testing out the sturdiness the frame...

so here's the actual frame. we decided to make it 4 foot by 8 foot.

and here's the square foot grid to go on top.

basically you plant a different vegetable or flower in each square and it helps to keep things organized and pretty, which is perfect for my ocd {nevermind the fact that no two of those squares ended up having the same dimensions}.

someday this week we're going to get the dirt to fill up the garden so we can plant seeds when it's time.

i'll be sure to keep you posted on the progress with our garden! i'm looking forward to yummy vegetables in the months to come.