Get Your Garden Going!

My neighbors, John and Marianne, have the perfect spot for vegetable gardens. A couple years ago, John fenced it in to keep the bunnies and deer from turning it into a buffet and last year he and his sons lined the boundary with landscape timbers. They had enough left over to build a little staircase, which makes it really easy to get in to tend.

This year's garden proves to be a promising temptation; they've already put in two varieties of peppers, some tomatoes and started cucumbers from seed. Landscaping tarp covers the ground to keep out the weeds and plant stakes tucked into the fence remind them of which peppers they can eat without water and which ones will blister their mouths.

All in all, a tidy garden for one family's subsistence farming. They're adding some oxygen to the environment, saving some gas to and from the grocery, and eating healthy.

• Do you have a vegetable garden at home?
• Does it have an unusual or interesting (or easy) design?
• What are you growing?