Just when I thought we had seen the last of the snow...

Surprise! It is back.  Yuck!  This past weekend gave me seriously false hope that spring was indeed on its way.  We even went so far as identifying where in our yard the veggie garden is going to be and did some online research on how to build raised bed planters. 

Costco.ca seems to have an interesting product, the Scenery Solutions Frame-it-All System Raised Garden Bed Kit (wow that's a mouthful!).  Now we just need to decide if we order two of the kits or bravely try to build something ourselves without spending more time/money than we would on the kits - all very confusing. 

I was also happy to discover during my online research that we are not going to have to dig up the ground, which for anyone who is familiar with Burlington knows, is solid clay, and an absolute nightmare to dig.  I found this great site that gives step-by-step instructions on how to build a "lasagna" garden, http://www.no-dig-vegetablegarden.com/, looks like we can avoid digging by layering cardboard, wet newspaper, hay and soil/manure - which is absolute music to my ears!

So the snow has delayed us a wee bit, but I am actually thankful that it provides me with a little extra time to decide exactly what we are going to do.

Starting to Plan...

So we are in the early stages here.  We really do have a blank canvas to work with - a huge back-yard with lots of possibilities.  I know that we want a large garden, but do we have a raised bed?  Any thoughts?  My oldest son Liam (3.5 years) has already told me he wants tomatoes, beans, carrots and...wait for it...sausages!  Despite my explanation that sausages do not grow in gardens he insists that we are going to be growing sausages this summer - all the more reason to have this garden.  I really just want a chance to show my boys how "real" food is grown.  This is going to give us all a chance to get dirty, have some fun and hopefully enjoy the fruits (or I guess in this case vegetables) of our labour all summer long.  Stay tuned...