Specialty Gardening: Starting Fresh...Share Your Thoughts Please, 1 by maozamom

maozamom wrote:
I suggest you build your garden in stages. The first year or two a garden can be a lot of work. Last year my Dh and I took on a 60-70 foot long border at the Historic Society. A large part of the reason we were able to do this is because I'm not working and his hours were cut back to a part-time job. I could have never of taken on such a large area if I still had kids at home and was still working a part-time job and another job that was seasonal. I spent a lot of hours all summer long pulling raspberry and thistle from the bed.

We were able to do this border with no budget because of plant swaps and seeds. The only money spent was for gas to haul compost from the towns compost center and horse manure from a barn outside of town.