We were very excited to start our garden this year! We got a pretty late start because we were trying to find somewhere to get truly organic compost to re-fill our raised beds. Last year we got all our soil and compost from a specialty garden store, but this year we just needed some compost to fill up the beds. I recently read the book Animal Factory by David Kirby that talked about the environmental impacts of factory farming. In that book he mentioned that a lot of commerical mulch and compost comes from the "chicken litter" left in commerical chicken houses after the chickens are gone. This could be full of all kinds of bacteria, chemicals, etc. So, thankfully we were able to buy all our compost for $20 from Hodges Farm, which is right down the road from us. We know that this compost is from 100% grass fed cattle, so I feel great about supporting a local farm and knowing we got truly organic compost. We also decided to expand our gardening and build a raised bed at Chad's parent's house. We are only growing corn and pie pumpkins in our "second" garden. In the one at our house we planted yellow squash, zucchini, lima beans, kidney beans, okra, cucumbers, and tomatoes. We may plant some more in some containers at our house too. Here are some pictures of the beginning of our 2011 garden:
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