For a three week period I was sick and couldn't do any work out in our garden. I had plans to clear my weed covered garden beds but being sick put me out of commission. My husband who got really enthusiastic about gardening due to my own excitement decided he would do what he could to get my garden back on track in time for planting.

I'm so thankful my husband decided to help me with my garden beds. Without him I wouldn't be anywhere near ready to plant. The date for the last frost has passed and now is the time for planting. The biggest task that faced me was clearing garden beds that were completely overtaken by weeds. My husband who has a bad back was able to hire a friend of his to help him and they were able to get my garden beds cleared much faster than I could have done it myself.

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Carrots, radishes, lettuce, flowers, and maybe one other veggie will go along the driveway. These beds are nice because I don't have to walk far from the house to water my plants.

Carrots and Radishes Planted In Bed #1!

The problem with our yard is most of it is mountainous. If you look under our house you'll see nothing but rock. Dig in the dirt in sections of our yard and you'll hit more rock. This is why we need raised beds to expand our garden. This has become my husband's focus. We decided the front yard was the perfect place for raised beds because it gets full sunlight and there is plenty of space. Inspired by staircase designed raised beds, my husband has been building us similar raised beds. The mountain is steep so a staircase bed is a perfect design. My husband's friend helped him dig out part of the mountain to make a staircase. Now my husband is putting in a frame.

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The raised beds are turning out nice. My husband is shortening them a bit because he got them too tall. Eventually, in future years we will beautify them by making them look more built into the mountain. Maybe we'll plant some decorative bushes around them. I've got a picture in my head. Trust me. It'll look beautiful.

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My second set of garden beds were in the front of the house. This section really needed some work. There were thorn bushes here and deep roots. My husband's friend cleared the beds and tilled the dirt for me. Once I felt better I put down some nice, new dirt and fertilizer. This is the home of my pumpkins, peas, and beans. There is another patch like this on the other side of the porch. I haven't done anything to it yet but that side will be the home of my watermelon patch.

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As of right now I'm slowly moving my indoor seedlings outside. Getting sick really put me behind. My seedlings grew and some needed to go outside weeks ago but I was too sick. The plants in the ground in the pic above are my pumpkins. Some of the pumpkins got so large they got a little damaged during transplanting. Hopefully I won't lose too many.

I'll do a post soon showing off all the seedlings I have. I've been a bit overwhelmed. I started hundreds of seeds for a variety of plants but then getting sick for three weeks meant I couldn't tend to them. I've had so many seeds and plants around the house it's been crazy. I'll be glad when all of them are transplanted out in the garden.

Full List Of All Our Plants For This Year

Asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, watermelon, pumpkin, squash, tomatoes, beans, peas, cucumbers, carrots, radishes, lettuce, collard greens, flowers, red corn, silver corn, raspberries, a fig tree, a currant bush, and strawberries.