Update on the first year of our front yard veggie garden – Reddit Post

Our front yard garden is nearing the end of its first growing season! We learned so many things along the way, and had a ton of success, considering this was the first year. We were so lucky that we got so much positive feedback from our neighbors and community members. Everybody was excited about the front yard garden! I hope to see other people doing the same next year.

Here’s what we accomplished in our first year: 1. Built our own raised cedar beds (5 10ft×4ft, 2 10ftx2ft, 1 4ftx4ft)

Got a gardening soil blend delivered in bulk (7 yards!) Which is way more than you would think it is and a crapload of work to get into the beds

Used cardboard to line the beds, and added the soil, no need to remove the grass

Mulched everything with straw, which kept out the neighborhood cats, blocked weeds, and kept moisture in the soil, even on hot days (hooray for not watering every day). Seriously, if you do one thing on this list, do this one. It’s a lazy gardeners dream!

Planted most from seed and started our plants indoors with grow lights

After having a sneaky veggie theif in our garden, we got a motion sensor sprinkler and never lost another crop

Honestly had more produce than we could even harvest, but have frozen a bunch for canning later

Next year, we will mulch the paths with wood chips, and add in drip irrigation, and a fence along the driveway. Looking forward to putting the garden to bed and starting planning for season 2!!