Clearing the way for the gardens - Side and Front

This afternoon the family finished digging out the last juniper bush from the bed where our main garden will go.  It put up a mighty fight and its roots ran deep, but with a lot of help from The Boy, its gone.  Shortly, it'll be on its way to the dump to be chipped up.

We also removed the first of a number of juniper bushes from the bed in front of the garage. 

With that bed being between 8' and 12' deep and the entire length of the garage, it's a pretty large space to fill.  Wifey's idea -- and I think it's great -- is to put that space to use.  Currently, we're planning to put three artichoke bushes spaced evenly in the bed, have an arbor for some kiwi, and herbs along the path way.  I imagine more will come, but that's what we have for now.