Now it's time to make dirt....
Russell built the raised beds out of recycled old decking
and I've got the task of layering straw,alfalfa hay,dirt
and manure with blood meal and bone meal.
and manure with blood meal and bone meal.
Finishing it all off with a topping of
good compost and planting cereal rye seeds for a winter cover.
Hopefully by planting next year I'll have better dirt than this year.
Whew.
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Is it time to rake leaves?
We have countless Black Oak trees on our 10 acres-
needless to say we only rake leaves up and away from the house.
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if our leave evvvvveeeer dry out...we will rack. love the leaves shot!!!
ReplyDeleteYour first harvest will tell you that all the hard work was worth it!
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Sounds like you know what you are doing! I am sooo not a gardener! AND I have mold allergies so bad that I could never rake leaves, or work in the yard!
ReplyDeleteI hope you will reap the rewards of your hard work!
Happy Saturday!
Linda
'Dirt' is to mundane to describe the ultimate planting soil - this sounds like a quality compost that when complete for the next planting season. I wouldn't mind having a couple of cubic yards of this for the 2013 tomatoes. This is soil of a high order - alchemy of sorts
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shot of the leaves, Kathe!! Hope you're enjoying a good weekend!!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of raised bed!
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Have an enjoyable weekend.
That's going to be quite the garden. Can smell those tomato plants already.
ReplyDeleteThe raised beds look very professional! we've been thinking about adding some in our garden - but I might just be lazy and watch yours instead!!
ReplyDeleteI was looking at the carpet of leaves in the yard and thought 'they'll make a nice blanket for the lawn in winter!' Voila - no need to rake!
ReplyDeleteGreat raised beds (don't you compost the leaves?)
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