Garden 2012: FAIL

Oh my, goodness me! We are a bunch of silly city slickers, and our garden showed it!
We were so anxious to plant a garden this year. I blame the beautiful warm weather that came early in the spring. We didn't plow in any composting or special dirt for our garden. We just tilled and planted, and boy was that a big mistake! I am learning better ways now, and hope that next years garden will show it!
On my agenda this fall:
1) Mark off territory to be used for the garden.
2) Kill everything in that area, using weed killer and fire.
3) Begin a compost pile near garden to be used in two springs from now.
4) Put down cow manure.
5) Till, till, till.
6) Till in compost next spring.
7) Use a tarp for unused spots in the garden to keep weeds down. Click here for why.  My friend Amy does this and her garden is AMAZING and very weed resistant.

So, now we have learned a little more about what NOT to do when planting a garden.
I almost wish I had a picture for you, to show you how pathetic our garden looked this week, but really, I'm so ashamed of it, I don't want  any evidence of how bad it was. Just trust me, it was a complete failure and not worth taking a picture of.