We were planting a kitchen garden, piece by piece, and using broken pieces of cement and bricks to make paths.

And then I realized how little fun it was to make paths like that – and how much more needed to be done in order to finish the space.

I also built a few wooden-sided raised beds, which I decided I hated.

So we reassessed, and tore out the pathways and the raised beds and replaced them with mounded beds and mulch.

You can see what we did in our latest video:

Having a kitchen/medicinal/culinary garden right off the back patio will be great for Rachel as she makes meals.