Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Our NEW Backyard!

Five months ago I won the Battle Your Blah Backyard contest sponsored by Wayfair (formerly CSN Stores).  Not knowing what the new backyard plans are, these last 5 months I've completely ignored my garden. Now it's nothing more than an organic sandbox for Serena to play in.  The rain barrels I waited so long for are sitting upside down on the back of my property just waiting for a home.  My composter is so overgrown with weeds that I'm afraid to go back and throw compostables in the thing.

The time has come for the backyard makeover!  I got a voicemail tonight saying I need to schedule a delivery appointment for the first of my new backyard products!  I haven't seen the design they have created, but in the phone conversation I had with HGTV's Justin Cave, I did tell him I like to grow food for my family and that I was considering getting rid of my in ground veggie garden for containers, GASP!, to which he replied he can definitely get us some beautiful containers for the yard.

On my To Do list is to figure out which seeds I can start mid-November in Central Florida.
I also need to decide if I want to buy a pre-packaged potting soil or mix my own.  (I have tried mixing my own soil before, but have not had great results with the crops, so I'm leaning towards buying a premixed soil.)
And I have to figure out how to make a chicken coop for two hens from an old dog kennel.