Patching Begins

I have been planning to grow a raised bed garden in the side yard for the last few months. Last year I got into gardening much too late. I ended up planting, what I thought were, ever bearing All-star strawberries in July. It turned out that they didn't produce because they were June-bearers. I messed the plant up in more than 1 way... I bought June-bearers, planted in terrible soil, and in a container that did not drain. I was so disappointed. Not to mention the $40.00 or so I wasted on what ended up being a horrible brown turd. After trashing the plant I decided I would try again with a sweet potato plant. To be honest, I did not even know the type. All I did was transplant it into a larger container (not large enough) and watered it now and then. It did grow well but the fruit it bore were tiny, but deliciously light and sweet.

My gardening groove was back thanks to those tiny sweet pots. I decided then that I would create a garden on a much larger scale next spring and I would start planning for it months before the last predicted frost date of 2013. Luckily, I remembered that I wanted to garden in February. I started planning. I read tons of books, looked at Pinterest garden section everyday if not twice a day, and found an amazing website called Smart Gardener that helped me plot the entire thing out. The website helped me pick varieties that worked well in my area. Anyway, I'm getting ahead of myself...

Before I did all of that I had to clean up the side yard... so I started and Patch Market was born!!!