After I moved home from Japan at the end of April 2009 the first thing that I tackled (after I repainted my living room) was to make a vegetable and herb garden along the side of my house. With my backyard almost completely in shade it was really the only place to put it.

I hauled extra rocks from my backyard stone bed to edge a 4' x 30' plot for my vegetable and herb garden. Some of those rocks (actually just about all of them) were really heavy and I thought it was going to kill me. I couldn't pass up using them though since they tied in with my front and back beds, plus they were free and who can resist that! With the border set I then removed the grass, rototilled (is that a word?) the plot and set about planting all sorts of goodies. Read Full Post