Spring Vegetable Garden - Planning Time

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It's that time of the year again. We are getting flooded with mail order gardening catalogs. So exciting!!

This year we are hoping to have the best garden yet; hoping that the water restrictions do not stay around! Now is planning time, design, layout, clean-up of the garden, till in the "Green manure" &  prepare the rows.

~  The Plan  ~

Our Garden Measures 20ft. x 22ft=440sq.ft. The Asparagus and Blackberry areas measure 4ft. x 10 ft. each. Total area is 26ft by 22ft. Will be adding some amendments to the soil also; including: compost, cow manure, and expanded shale. New this year we are changing what used to be the Herb Garden to Blackberries; moving the herbs to another area. Our new sprinkler system will come in handy also, no more dragging around 100ft hoses!

~ Prepare the Soil ~

Stopped by our favorite Nursery in Dallas Covington's Nursery and Landscape. We bought a load of Expanded shale and Cotton Burr Compost to add to our soil this year. Each year I add something to amend the soil. We also found us some thorn-less Blackberries. Bought three different varieties: Apache, Arapaho, & Navaho. We always go to the Merry Berry Farm in Balch Springs, TX -- time to grow our own! Check out more info from Texas A&M for growing blackberries. Local information cannot get any better!

1 cubic yard Expanded Shale

Back To Earth Cotton Burr Compost

Expanded Shale

Expanded Shale & Cotton Burr Compost

Check out our previous years' Vegetable Gardens

Spring 2011

Spring 2010

Spring 2009 

Spring 2008 (first year)

More to come...Stay Tuned!