I can't buy it, so I'll have to build it

So I went to The Home Depot (just realized this when reading the sign, this whole time I’ve just been calling it Home Depot, but I kind of like it with the “The”—even more intimidating) and was looking around for a raised planter box for my herb/vegetable garden that I want to grow.  I’ve slowly been lured back into growing my own food.  I love the idea of growing and eating my own food and knowing exactly where it is coming from—besides the obvious benefit of saving money on groceries. 

A few weeks ago my roommate and I planted tomato and bell pepper seeds and have been watching them grow in there little pots—life is so neat, this is what being a parent must be like, ha ha ha, just kidding. 

Then I saw Food, Inc., and it reminded me of all the eating and buying changes I made 6 years ago after reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and since then have forgotten.  It just really makes you stop and think about what you are putting in your body and what you want and should be putting in there.  Ehh!—just thinking about how some of the animals were being treated in that film, which was followed by the thought of never eating a hamburger ever again. 

Back to my garden…I say that I live on a “farm”, so I thought, why not actually grow things—that’s what they do on farms.  So (drum roll please) I’m going to plant a herb/vegetable garden!  Yea!  My lovely friend Carrie Dunn (here is your shout out!) has graciously given me seeds to plant to start my garden along with some tips and tricks she has been learning—she is totally her mother’s daughter. 

So, this planter box I must build…I think I will need help with (wink, wink, Simon or any other obliged gentleman reading this blog).  I’m going to do some research online, but its got to be pretty simple: wood, nails, hammer, man to help build it.  P.S. Simon, if you didn’t know this yet, Carrie offered your services to rototil my yard for a payment in beer and dinner, but I think I might just need your help to build this planter box. 

Reasoning for the planter box: 

1.              There are tons of bugs in our yard—is that normal—I hate bugs!  An abnormal amount of bugs.

2.              There are ka-zillions of ants, who when disturbed or find out that someone is trying to poison them crawl into my room somehow.  Therefore, I’d love to keep the ants happy and undisturbed and out of my room.

3.              Our dirt is very hard and very dry.

4.              I’d like to keep these bugs out of my vegetable home as best I can.

5.              I’d like to keep our crazy weeds out of my growing space as well.