Well, yesterday I hinted at a project Alan and I did yesterday afternoon .... and for those of you who thought perhaps we went and "got hitched", Hahahaaa!!! No, we didn't .... but thanks for the laughs! I never imagined that would even be a guess! Instead, we put in a new 8' x 24' gardening area!
We decided to use an area next to the garden where we had a flatbed trailer parked over the winter months. The trailer's shadow supressed the grass and weeds, giving us an area to work with.
We picked up a pallet of organic compost. Our soil is very dense, clay, and needs lots of organic matter added for gardening.
We mowed the area we wanted to work with, set paper in place (to further supress the grass and weeds), and added the compost. Alan suggested we line the entire area with some landscape timbers that Alan's dad brought out to the farm last year from his yard. Good idea!
Here you can see the last bit of paper showing. We put down about 4" to 5" of compost to start with, and as I build rows for planting, I'll add more compost (we have 21 bags of compost left) to the planting rows to increase the growing depth for the plants. Eventually, the paper will break down and the compost will keep the ground beneath nice and damp for plant roots.
This year, I won't plant anything in the bed that requires a very deep growing root structure. We'll do some green beans, some leafy greens, summer squash, and a few other odds and ends. I'm excited to get some rows created, and seeds in the ground! I know what I'm doing this weekend!
Poor "Dad", he's so disappointed! ;) I think Shala might be right, you need a stamp image of a guy and girl PLANTING things in the ground!!
I know your new area is going to produce beautiful things for you. If there is rain. and there had better be this year!!! :D
Posted by: diane mcvey | April 21, 2012 at 12:52 PM
Diggin' your new dirt pile . . .! Looks like a whole bunch of work but great for growing yummy veges.
Posted by: Shellie Daniel | April 17, 2012 at 09:07 PM
sounds like the creation of a beautiful lush bed of fine fertile organic matter is not nearly as exciting as the prospect (can you believe how many are on the edge of their seats just waiting)for you and your honey to git the hitchin' done!!:) Looks like you are in fine form for some more wholesome and healthy human feed. Hugs~ PS-I'm creating some bags for my potholders and am also creating an Anna inspired punch art chicken for decoration. Will photo and send the finished results!!
Posted by: Michele Ghent | April 15, 2012 at 01:32 PM
Looks like you're doing all the right stuff. Good luck and happy planting.
Posted by: Debra | April 15, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Wow! That is a lot of work. Good luck with growing your veggies. Will you be putting a fence around that so the chickens and bunnies don't get in and eat it all up? Take care and keep us updated. Hugs, Robin
Posted by: Robin Barwacz | April 15, 2012 at 05:09 AM
Nice one! Looks great. Spring is my favorite time of the gardening year since it's mostly blank and no weeds. :) Now you need to do an illustration of a couple planting. :)
Posted by: Shala | April 14, 2012 at 05:31 PM
Very nice!
Posted by: Sherri D. | April 14, 2012 at 06:54 AM
We should have known it was about the gardens! Still you are sucha tease :) Looks like a nice new bed. FUN stuff. TGIF, hugs...
Posted by: Carol Dee | April 13, 2012 at 06:33 AM
Looking good! Yummmm!
Posted by: Dee in NH | April 12, 2012 at 04:20 PM
Lookin' good!
Posted by: Lora Lauhoff | April 12, 2012 at 03:34 PM
Well "burst our bubble" Anna as I'm sure everyone would have been delighted about the "getting hitched" (Say when is that going to happen?) but the new Garden does sound nice, (a lot of work) but I bet the results will be great.
Posted by: Ida | April 12, 2012 at 09:43 AM
Well, there goes my fishing trip with Farley...I got all excited for compost!! Far out! Them better be some great eatin beans....Bummer, I'll get over it,....love,Dad
Posted by: D K Wight | April 12, 2012 at 09:39 AM