Three years ago, my partner and I purchased our first home. And over the last three years, we have been consumed with learning how, and what it means, to be a homeowner. Year after year, we put a lot of focus on the house itself and we left the yard for the next year. Soon enough, three years had gone by and our poor backyard, while nice enough, was lacking.

So what a perfect time to learn how to garden! Prior to the start of this course, I had purchased two raised garden beds, but I suspect if I didn’t have this class pushing me I wouldn’t have bothered to build them until next year (and that is optimistic). But now, I have to!

I have some relatively ambitious goals, but I’m an all-in type of person so my plan (hopefully) will look like this:

1. Front Yard:
   • Plant creeping junipers in the front garden beds.
2. Backyard:
   • Grow and cultivate dill weed, parsley, chives, romaine lettuce, and Roma tomatoes.
   • Plant hostas in south facing garden bed.
   • Plant hydrangeas behind firepit.
   • Plant perennials in north-facing garden bed.

That is all for now, but I am sure as the weeks wear on I will find more things to plant and grow. Now the next steps are to buy everything and plant! Wish me, and all my new plants, luck!