The real project this late winter/ spring is to build the raised beds. It has been a much harder project then I imagined. Here is the layout we came up with before starting
We then hired this young man to till the area. More for leveling purposes than loosening the soil or anything else. You can see where we removed the plywood.
Eric and I then raked it closer to level. This turned out to be a very bad idea. I threw my back out pretty bad. Note to self, raking is bad. don't rake.
In some areas we had to dig out a little bit to level it. This is at the end of the parking area on the driveway
Ive gone back and forth on the weed cloth issue. Plastic left in the ground vs weed control. We have such bad thistle and blackberries in this area I decided to go for it. Ive done the cardboard thing, I do like it, but it doesn't work as well, and I really don't want those two things in my raised beds!
When my back finally felt better, I got super sick. It was really frustrating!
Jim came down and helped Eric though, thank goodness.
The beds come as kits, but it took a little figuring before the boys had it down.
But the eventually found a system that worked and made some real progress. This bed was a custom bed for our Tetris garden. You can also see the wire mesh we put on the bottom to hopefully control for the gophers and voles that run rampant here.
Almost
EV is not so good at staying around. She was not so happy with being tied up though. She did lear to take Rin out with her leash though. Funny stuff
When I finally started feeling better last week, Eric and I put together the last one of the veggie patch
And we now just have to finish two more for the berries at the end of the parking area
Originally, I was hoping to be able to plant peas, now I just hope we can get them filled before the asparagus crowns are delivered in mid April!
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