Garden 3.0

Kory is determined to have a garden to be coveted some day, and after 2 attempts over the last two years, we have yet to find a good weed solution. Fortunately and unfortunately, we use irrigation water, which means cheap water use but also a weeds' favorite hangout joint.

This year, Kory did some research and asked around and heard about using cardboard and straw to control weed problems.  He found a farmer in Spanish Fork (off ksl.com) who was selling straw for $3/bail and we pulled out a bunch of our cardboard boxes from our basement as well.  After planting, we spread the cardboard around each plant.  Kory then soaked the cardboard. After, we stacked blocks of straw on top.  We'll see if it works! ;)

Kory bought 12 bails of straw and we used 10 of them with approximately a 1 ft layer.  

This year, we planted (using starts):

• 4 Tomatoes plants (2 types: Roma and Early Girl)
• 2 Green Peppers 
• 2 Jalapenos (Macho Nacho)
• 1 Watermelon (seedless)
• 1 Cantaloupe
• 1 Pumpkin (Prize Winner)
• 1 Zucchini
• 1 Butternut Squash
• 4 Broccoli (NEW)
• 2 Potatoes (NEW)
• Green Beans (from seeds) 

 

 

 And this is what happens when we don't let her help...

 But luckily, Auntie Shelby played with her on the grass. :)

She hated crawling on it so she tried crawling without her knees touching the ground. Haha. It was pretty darn cute.

Really is our Ainsley-bug.