Jim's Garden, Post 1

It all started when I realized that the back yard doesn't get as good sun as the front yard. Also the front lawn took lots of water and the kids mostly play in the bushes. So out went the lawn.

Here's the before photo courtesy of Google Streets:












I started out thinking that the project would involve just a few raised beds, but somewhere in the planning it grew to the whole main lawn area. I sprayed Roundup twice on the back half but just once on the front. It will become an organic garden but I didn't have time or patience to kill off the mixed fescue/bermuda lawn without chemicals.


(Entry date adjusted to match project time sequence, entry really posted 7/28/09 actual photo from 2008)