And here we...go.

So about two weeks ago I started getting the soil ready for whatever the hell I'm going to plant.  Oh em gee.  Unless you want to invest in a couple hundred dollar rototiller, behold your best friends for this project:

It's not too bad, I promise.

But hey, It really wasn't that bad.  Just make sure you give yourself enough time for this project and take little steps!!! I'm really not the kind of gal that wants to work outside for 5 hours while straining my back.  Instead, I started two weeks ago (like I mentioned) and just did a little bit here and there.  What did I do you ask? Well, the soil seemed to be very dry since it hasn't been plowed (is that the right word?) in at least the five years I've been here so what I thought would be a good idea  was to dig a long row along the gate and fill the hole with some water to help drain it.  I read online that it's very important to have well-drained soil so I made sure mine was:

 

Not the greatest shots, but hopefully you can see what I mean.

I let the water sit and eventually drain in the rows and continued on a day or two later by filling the holes and raking though the dirt which i had moistened with water to make it more smooth.  Eventually I would love to plant some perennials (plants that live more than two years) in this area but for now I'm going to grow some orange sunflowers--I cannot wait!!!

Now here I did something I did something a little different.  I dug up holes where my plants would be placed and then repeated the process as before.  This soil seemed to be more moist  so I wasn't quite as concerned.   Here are the little tomato plants I'm purchased at my local hardware store:

 

My grandpa recommended "Early Girl" tomato because they have a wonderful taste, and they also bare fruit earlier than most tomatoes.  Plus, they were on sale for a buck so if this project get's abandoned/ruined it wont but quite a burden on my pocket. Alright I won't abandon it but if something happens to go wrong it's still not a burden on my wallet... 

Alright, I wont reveal all of my plans just yet....until I blog again.

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