Mavis Mail – Lindsey from Texas Sends in Cinder Block Garden Photos

Wow! Check out this uber cute cinder block garden Lindsey from Texas sent in.

This is Cindy’s second year using cinder blocks for her raised beds and she absolutely loves them.

Here is what she had to say about her garden:

Our cinder block raised beds hold potatoes, green beans, strawberries, tomatoes, cilantro, hot and sweet peppers, onions, carrots, lettuce, marigolds, ranunculus, sweet peas, sage and mint. We also have a plot of land dedicated to watermelons, cucumbers, cantaloupe, honeydew and corn, and a second plot that I’m about to plant our pumpkins in.

We have a three year old and a one year old that love to help out in the garden – they love looking for strawberries to eat while I’m out there weeding and watering. In addition to the all of the veggies that I’ve planted, we also have dewberry vines that grow wild on our land, so we now have our freezer full of berries – at least the ones the girls didn’t gobble down. We have also canned two batches of dewberry jelly and one batch of salsa this year already.

Last September we got our mixed flock of six chickens – Nugget, Cuckoo, Weezy, Doodlebug, Pepper and Ginger.My husband, father, and father-in-law built an amazing coop for them which I still need to paint! Our plans are to eventually move our raised beds within the chicken run (fenced in from the chickens of course) so the chickens can keep a bug patrol around the perimeter of the vegetable garden.

A big THANK YOU to everyone who has sent in their photographs and stories. I hope by sharing other peoples pictures and stories here on One Hundred Dollars a Month we can all have a rock star garden this summer. Keep them coming!

~Mavis

If you would like to have your garden, chicken coop or something you’ve made featured on One Hundred Dollars a Month, here’s what I’m looking for:

• Your Garden Pictures and Tips – I’d especially like to see your garden set ups, growing areas, and know if you are starting seeds indoors this year. If so,  show me some picture of how you are going about it.
• Your Chicken and Chicken Related Stories – Coops, Chicks, Hen’s, Roosters, Eggs, you name it. If it clucks, send us some pictures to share with the world.
• Cool Arts & Crafts – Made from your very own hands with detailed {and well photographed} pictures and instructions.
• Your pictures and stories about your pets. The more pictures and details the better.
• Garage Sale, Thrift Store and Dumpster Diving pictures and the stories behind the treasures you found including how much you paid for them.

If I feature your pictures and the stories behind them on One Hundred Dollars a Month, I will send you a $20.00 gift card to the greatest store in the world: Amazon.com.

Go  HERE for the official rules.