Garden Box 2.0
Jun. 11th, 2011 11:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
felis_lupusEyup, it's been a few weeks. I'm still alive. No worries.
And I have a big pile of dirt to play in! Yaaaay! Unfortunately it's raining, and shoveling a yard and a half of soil/compost mix in the wet doesn't seem like a whole lot of fun, if I can avoid it... I have covered it with a tarp to hopefully stave off some of the soggy.
Found the sunny spot on the property (morning till 2:00 PM, or so...), and Max helped me put together the raised garden box over the last two weekends, out of rafters from the old garage. I think it'll work. 4' x 12' x 10" high, divided in the middle. I have some seeds started, others that will be started soon, since they're probably not going in the ground till next weekend at this point, and I want at least a little jump on things. Kinda late anyway, but I'll give it a go...
Plans are for Quinoa ('Brightest Brilliant Rainbow'!), cucumbers, and at least one tomato ('Yellow Pear', started a few weeks ago, still small... hoping to maybe pick up another 'Pineapple' at the Farmer's Market or somewhere), and maybe some of whatever 6-paks are left at work. Half the box and possibly half the other side will be annuals, the other side will focus more on the perennial veggies, like asparagus and rhubarb and strawberries. Mmmm...
I am going to have some soil left over, which will find homes in the terraces and where I ripped out the wintercreeper, and will hopefully help improve the semi-sandy, pale, nutrient-poor stuff that is there now.
And I have a big pile of dirt to play in! Yaaaay! Unfortunately it's raining, and shoveling a yard and a half of soil/compost mix in the wet doesn't seem like a whole lot of fun, if I can avoid it... I have covered it with a tarp to hopefully stave off some of the soggy.
Found the sunny spot on the property (morning till 2:00 PM, or so...), and Max helped me put together the raised garden box over the last two weekends, out of rafters from the old garage. I think it'll work. 4' x 12' x 10" high, divided in the middle. I have some seeds started, others that will be started soon, since they're probably not going in the ground till next weekend at this point, and I want at least a little jump on things. Kinda late anyway, but I'll give it a go...
Plans are for Quinoa ('Brightest Brilliant Rainbow'!), cucumbers, and at least one tomato ('Yellow Pear', started a few weeks ago, still small... hoping to maybe pick up another 'Pineapple' at the Farmer's Market or somewhere), and maybe some of whatever 6-paks are left at work. Half the box and possibly half the other side will be annuals, the other side will focus more on the perennial veggies, like asparagus and rhubarb and strawberries. Mmmm...
I am going to have some soil left over, which will find homes in the terraces and where I ripped out the wintercreeper, and will hopefully help improve the semi-sandy, pale, nutrient-poor stuff that is there now.
