2024 GARDENING / HOME IMPROVEMENTS
This year I added a raised garden after tax season. On and off for a little gathering all the parts, then two days of concentrated effort, but the home for Tomatoes, Yellow Squash, and Zucchini is complete! (Just like the A-to-Z challenge.)
First thing I did was get my containers in order. I bought mint and tomatoes in early April then never had a chance to plant them. Eventually I cleared out the growth from 2022 and 2023 when I ignored the pots, but by then the mint and tomatoes were mostly dead.
I went out and bought more mint and tomatoes, plus supplies for the raised garden. Now the deadline kicks in. I need to get the new plants in a container soon.
I got the raised garden back in January when I was flush with day-job money and hope that THIS is the year I will find time during tax season to get my gardening done before the heat of May kick in for the south.
Yes, I do this dance every year, and every year I fail, but this year I was determined. (shush you, yes, the mint died – which takes some very determined neglect, but this year will be different!)
I had the raised garden pieces. Eight screw-nut combinations are needed to attach each panel together and the end result would be a two-foot deep bed. One hundred and twelve screw-nut combinations later, I got it assembled.
Now that the form is ready. I need to go get the dirt. Being just me and my mini-van (their name is Grey), I will need to buy bags of soil.
Now to get the final touch, those plants that I bought last week. Did I get all of this done in time? 
Everything is planted. It looks pretty. Hopefully it will taste delicious in a few month. The wonderful things about making the raised bed is it should be easier going forward to get everything done in future years. We shall see.
I got this done by the May Heat Deadline – go me! (And thanks to everyone on A-to-Z for their visits. Have a great year.)
When we lived out of town, I had a huge vege garden and loved it. I remember being flooded with zucchinis and filling the freezer with them. There’s always so much work to do in the verge garden
AtoZ Challenge – https://haverfordwesthistory.com/
With just one person, and now 10 tomato plants – I am going to have so many tomatoes this year.
I do not have a green thumb, but my husband’s pretty good in the garden. For anything I plan, like petunias, I rely on miracle grow potting soil to pick up my slack. Seems to work every year.
Congratulations on making it through the A-Z!
Comngratulations on finishing the challenge!
It’s too bad you can’t put all that together in the winter or other off-season time so that you don’t have to try to assemble everything during your busy season. That’s a lot of things to try to keep track of.
Some things are just season related. Like wrapping presents and mailing things for Christmas. Thanks for dropping by so often!
This looks fantastic, Erin. I am also a gardener in an urban community garden and at my building in NYC. Our season is a bit later than yours, so now that A to Z is over, I need to get planting. Congrats on completing the A to Z Challenge! And thanks for stopping by Molly’s Canopy.
Congratulations on finishing Erin – the A-Z and the raised beds! I only discovered you through your comment on my Z post but will definitely visit more posts now the pressure of April is off…
I have a few people I have marked to return to on my a-to-z spreadsheet. Looking forward on going through their whole month of April as soon as I get some free time.