Well,  the deed is done.  It's not pretty, like the gardens my Granny used to have, but then again, that was Mississippi, not New Mexico!  I have discovered that here, no matter how unsightly, just about everyone has soaker hoses or water hoses and sprinklers out all the time....they are just a necessity! 

The raised beds were too small, so we just did a plot and bordered it with onions and marigolds :)  For now, it's just a sad little dirt section covered with soaker hoses plus 2 tires.  Yikes!  I did say tires!  One of the workers at the local nursery said that it would make for really good watermelons and cantaloupes to have them separate and off the ground a bit.  So, as redneck as it looks, we did it!  It was a lot of work, but I'm grateful for my husband and friends who helped out .....the first tiller went out of commission quickly and some friends hauled one across town!  Here's to hoping for a bumper crop!  What a way to spend Cinco de Mayo...and don't forget the Supermoon tonight!