Here are some of the first fruits of our labor:
We have six tomato plants (two brandywines, one red cherry, and three yellow pears), two basils, one collard (and oh how the caterpillars love to munch on him), and some okra seedlings. Chad created two raised beds like this one from cinder blocks.
Chad is head gardner in the cinder block plots. I'm in charge of the flower gardens, which are still under construction. We used the old fence posts to hang our burglar bars. We'll be making raised beds like the one in the photo for each burglar bar. Flowers in front, sunflowers, okra, and maybe some pole beans in back. In the winter, we'll switch out the tall stuff for blackberry vines and maybe some antique roses.
We've put all the little succulents and cacti that we've been carrying around in pots for the last five years into this make-shift rock garden. Everybody seems to appreciate the chance to spread their roots.
And our neighbor gave us this little guy, who seems to be enjoying his sunny home with fellow succulents and cacti.
