Home and Garden: Garden Growing

So when Eric sat down to over-engineer the garden beds he was focused on two things: the maximum garden space possible while being able to reach everything and building boxes that would withstand the apocalypse. One hammered thumb and two years later the boxes are done, filled with dirt and fenced in. Eric's job was done and Charisse took over. After a great deal of reading and research she decided to go with the square foot method of gardening, which is a pretty darn cool way to grow a ton of stuff. She dug around the internet and found a great online resource to help plan your garden out. It's free and printable and a pretty awesome tool for the planing stage and adaptable to your box dimensions (in one foot increments), an important tool when you under-estimate the size of your garden beds. After the planting and watering and yelling at the bugs to get out (doesn't work) we're ready for the great reveal! As you can see from the pictures, the garden is four boxes that are eight feet by four feet by one foot high. We built a picket fence to keep the dog out (and had to add some chain link fencing in other areas where the dog found her way in), one day this will be painted white. We also have a morning glory growing over the arbor, which should be very pretty when it takes over and starts blooming. Hit the jump for more pictures, and the list of what we have growing! 

What we're growing: 

garlic
red and white onions
shallots
pumpkins
black tomato, roma tomato, yellow pear, yellow heirlooms, sweet 100s
carrots
strawberries
kale
collards
various herbs
lettuce
brussel sprouts
corn
cucumber
hot peppers
bell peppers
cabbage
beets
turnips
parsnips
winter squash
green beans
leeks
fennel
broccoli
radishes
watermelon
zucchini
cantaloupe
swiss chard
blackberries
raspberries

Other things in the yard:

grape vine
nectarine tree
lemon tree
blood orange tree
2 fig trees