Please forgive me, I’m a day late with this post, but it has been simply gorgeous outside and I haven’t been near the computer much. First using a layer of newspaper at the bottom as a weed barrier (hopefully, I made it thick enough) and then mixing top soil and mushroom soil we got from a local farmer, Hubster and I filled our raised beds. For $20, our 8’x4′ and one 4’x4′ are filled.
I checked out Smart Gardener and starting playing around with some of the layout. Compared with the info from Sprout Robot, I was ready to start sowing seeds outdoors. Afterall, they don’t really know that our plants are three weeks early this year.
This week I direct sowed Burpee’s Super Sugar Snap Peas, Easy Peasy Peas, Perfecto Radishes and Kaleidoscope Mix Carrots. After I placed the seeds, Belle decided to throw her frisbee and drag it across the top of the radishes and carrots. Ugh! We’ll see how many of them got tossed about. I plan on planting these in succession (weekly) across the furthest 4’x4′ bed each week.
Week 3: Raised Beds
Week 2: Celery & Scallions
Week 1: Tomatoes, Peppers, Sweet Potatoes & Potatoes
Nancy Slease said:
You are certainly ambitious. I got one of my raised beds cleaned out and raked flat today. Tomorrow I and my dear 86-year-old neighbor Bill who can’t drive because of his eyesight are going to get onion sets to plant and probably some lettuce. I don’t do the seed thing anymore. I’ll add tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers later and in a different section I do green beans and cantaloupe. We have sandy soil and they grown well but last year the ground hog ate the ripe cantaloupes at night.
Young Wifey said:
Enjoy your day!
Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide said:
Wait, are we supposed to be timely with our garden posts? Ha, those are the only ones I actually do run in a timely fashion. Can’t wait to see more of your garden.
Young Wifey said:
🙂
Anne@FromMySweetHeart said:
I really want to plant a ‘salad’ garden this year! I’m looking forward to seeing how your garden develops! : )
Young Wifey said:
Looking forward to seeing yours too!
Elle said:
That layout is awesome!
Young Wifey said:
Thanks Elle!
Casey said:
we used to grow sunflowers! you should too! (:
Young Wifey said:
Casey, I’m going to plant Jerusalem Artchokes, AKA sunchokes which have a similar flower.
ChgoJohn said:
Your garden’t doing great and I enjoy watching the progress you guys have made. Frisbees, by the way, have been the demise of many a garden. 🙂
Young Wifey said:
🙂 Haha.
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