Lesson One: Till first, then plant.
Actually this was probably lesson four or five, but in the realm of gardening, this is where you HAVE to start. If you want to start a garden in your backyard, you need to decide if you soil is loose or not. If you have never gardened before, it is basically guaranteed that you do NOT have loose soil. Which is where we started, our garden needed tilling.
(See, no prior contact with a hoe and your soil stays pretty buttoned up, but if your yard dirt has seen a hoe before… then it will be loose, ok? Good, I’m glad that is clear. )
So, if you have loose, pre-tilled soil, skip this step. But if not, FIND A TILLER!!!
There are a couple of options here, you can buy or rent a tiller from a local home improvement store or find an experienced gardener with the right tools to help you out.
As it turns out, we “chose” the latter or should I say it chose us. Meet Bessie and Phillipe. Bessie: Tiller, Phillipe: Landscape Architect… Us: Happy!!
Phillipe giving lessons on how to use Bessie.
(LOOK AT THOSE ROWS!!!)
