Elizabeth's Secret Garden

  Since getting certified in Permaculture design through my instructor Tia Silvasy, I’ve sought to apply these skills and pass them onto others. I believe that no one is born with a green thumb, but it is something that is developed. Anyone can become a gardener if they catch the “gardening bug.” I caught it when I was 14 (Now I’m 20 if you are wondering). My first gardening experience was, well, a flop. It also was a bit impulsive. I remember being in Home Depot and asking if I could buy a packet of tomato seeds. I planted my tomato seeds too late so by the time they were getting tomatoes it was starting to frost. At that point in time, I was gardening in Florida, but still I kept having to wheel them in and out. Those plants caused me more anxiety then they were worth. The leaves curled up and then they got some kind of blight. Oh, and they got leaf miners which resulted in white squiggly lines on the leaves. We ended up eating a lot of fried green tomatoes! My strong-willed n...

  Now that we are all moved into our home in Wake Forest, we have now begun to focus our efforts on the garden. Setting up a fence was a must because of the deer that reside on our property as well as the bumble bee eating cat and the rabbits that would have a feast. The fence posts are 10 feet tall and buried 2 1/2 feet into the ground. It took a total of 12 fence posts to construct the fence as well as deer proof netting that we secured to the fence posts. To keep the critters out, we bought chicken  wire that is 2 ft. x 50 ft. and cut it in half so it would be 1 ft. and cover a grand total of 10 ft. Mesh hardware cloth would have been ideal except it is pricey. Our chose was the more economical one. This is what we used to go along the bottom of the fence netting.   Digging the holes for the fence posts was an entirely different story. It took both my dad and boyfriend to get the task done. Dad tried it solo, but the electric post hole digger had a mind of its ow...