Welcome to Our Garden

Welcome to Locally Sown. Follow along as we build and plant our first garden. We've chosen to have an organic garden to keep our diets as healthy as possible. Also, we'll include recipes to showcase the vegetables from our garden. Occasionally you may also get a glimpse of our critters: dogs Josie and Seamus and our cat Mira (aka Kitty).

Our endeavor began last summer as we bought produce at the grocery. Most of the produce had to travel thousands of miles to reach us, so we began to shop at a local Farmer's Market. While shopping at the market we thought how wonderful it would be to grow our own veggies. And so began the winter spent planning for spring.

After much research, we decided to build our garden in raised beds. The increased amount of vertical dirt into which the roots can grow should allow us to plant more in a smaller area. A great book on this subject is The Vegetable Gardener's Bible by Edward C. Smith. And it has become just that...our veggie bible. It's full of instructions and advice on growing organically and in less space. Now that Spring is here with its warmer weather we're eager to get going. We hope that you enjoy gardening with us. I've always found it enjoyable to watch plants grow and produce. Plus, you can't beat the taste of a home-grown tomato!

Here's the area where we'll put the raised beds.

Here we've staked the area for the raised beds.