Ripping out existing flower garden, and replacing with Veggies?

lildevil968

I have attached a pic of the current flower garden that my DH and I want to turn into a veggie garden. We would be keeping the fencing, zoning, etc, just rip out the flowers. My question is, how would you go about doing this? What tools would we need?

Wulfgar

I would use a shovel to dig out the old plants then if  you have a tiller I would till up the rest of the ground.

~NB~

Is it a butterfly garden? I'm wondering because they went to the trouble of building a nice fence around it.

trinitygc

Its hard to tell but your soil looks pretty dry. I`d make sure to add some top soil and organic matter (like compost) when you till it. Your plants are only as good as the soil they`re in!

lildevil968

~NB~:

Is it a butterfly garden? I'm wondering because they went to the trouble of building a nice fence around it.

I'm not sure. I think it is to keep the wild life out of it. Bears and Deer are common in this area.

~NB~

That isn't a bear fence or a deer fence. It's a people fence. Like "do not mow'. There has to be some reason this oddly shaped garden, smack in the middle of an open space, exists, and has a protective barrier around it. It really looks like a butterfly garden to me. If that's the case, it would really be a shame to do away with it, because butterflies can't buy food at the store. They really depend on flowers.