Gathering the Materials

We spent a good part of Saturday shopping for supplies for building the garden: Lowe's, Home Depot and Orchard Supply Hardware. I'm excited about the seeds. The little round carrots will grow in just 6 inches of soil. There's room for sixteen different kinds of plants, so I can still buy some more seeds. I think I'll get more lettuce and some kale and collards.

These are the bags of materials for the planting mix. It's made up of vermiculite, peat moss and compost. Eight cubic feet altogether to fill the box. No digging in my rock-hard soil.

Here are some miscellaneous supplies for building: screwdriver, drill, screws, wood glue. The wood slat are for making the square foot grid on the top of the box.

These are the redwood 2 by 6 boards for the sides of the garden box. Home Depot cut them for us. We started with 8 foot boards, and there was no charge to cut them in half. Good deal! As you can see, dh has already drilled pilot holes for the screws in the ends.