Beginner Gardening: The "before" picture of my south side garden, 1 by Mojoquilter

Mojoquilter wrote:
I got busy this morning and tore out as much of the vine that was choking the fence as I could get and cleaned up the bazillion maple leaves gathered there. I did save some to mix in. Next comes the good old fashioned "garden claw" work:) and lots of sweat! our house is on the right side and I plan on making the bed about 5 feet deep for tomatoes, peppers and whatever else decides to be happy there.