We love our new house(still new to me even though it's been almost two years since we moved in). Our home came with many extras that our old one lacked. A new garden was not one of them. Rick and Braden are big on gardens in our family. Braden has so much fun growing his own produce and caring for a garden, so building one from scratch has been high on our list of things to accomplish since we moved in. After 4 months from startingt build, I am happy to say it is ready to plant!
Our first step was to rent a sod cutter and remove the grass that was in the spot that we wanted our garden to be. The sod was heavy and there was alot of it! We placed an ad on KSL classifieds and got rid of most of it for free. We were happy to have people come and haul it away at no expense to us. We also filled our extra garbage can for a few weeks to get rid of the scraps. Once that was done, the next step was to order the bricks and have those delivered. We bought over 600 bricks and they arrived on big pallets, and sat until we had the time to move them to where we wanted them. Time has definately been an issue in completeing the garden. With my work schedule, I am only home half the weekends each month. Slowly but surely, we completed this task too.
Once that was done, the next thing we did was begin to dig up some of the clay soil we are so blessed with here in Riverton. Rick borrowed his dad's tiller and 
the hard job was started. Next, we had 14 yards of top soil delivered and dumped in our driveway. We had Braden's boy scout group help us shovel it to the backyard. This was done in just a few hours time. After that, we had the fun task of leveling the bricks. This entails moving each one and adjusting the amount of dirt under the bricks to make it all look even and neat. We used a string to help guide us. Then, Rick and Braden went to the land fill and filled our trailer with compost. We shoveled the compost onto the top soil, and Rick tilled it in again. Below is our finished product. Braden will be planting very soon, and then we will have fresh produce once again.
the hard job was started. Next, we had 14 yards of top soil delivered and dumped in our driveway. We had Braden's boy scout group help us shovel it to the backyard. This was done in just a few hours time. After that, we had the fun task of leveling the bricks. This entails moving each one and adjusting the amount of dirt under the bricks to make it all look even and neat. We used a string to help guide us. Then, Rick and Braden went to the land fill and filled our trailer with compost. We shoveled the compost onto the top soil, and Rick tilled it in again. Below is our finished product. Braden will be planting very soon, and then we will have fresh produce once again.
