I just wanted to post a little update on how the garden was going. Since it was pretty much a bust this summer, I am definitely making some changes to all raised beds. This is the work in progress. So far everything I have used has been recycled. Three of these are made with wood from the bunk beds (you saw the first two and then I realized I could make a little one out of the rest of the wood from the bed) and the other bed is made from an old pile of blocks I found in the woods when we moved here. They once were my fire pit but since we don't use that anymore, they now are another raised bed.
Planted in the first two right now are red cabbage, broccoli, green cabbage, and garlic (the spinach and onions did not sprout/live). I don't have anything to fill the other two with right now so they will likely just slowly get filled until spring and yes I hope to eventually put down some kind of mulch in between the beds to keep the weeds down.
I like it! You know I'm a fan of raised beds...
ReplyDeleteIt's getting there anyway. Hoping to see some vegetables next year :)
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should just use pine straw for the mulch since it falls in there naturally anyway.
ReplyDeleteProgress! Looks good Becky! I've seen the cinder blocks planted with herbs in the holes so they served both as walls and mini-planters... just an idea. Maybe in the corners and not every one.
ReplyDeleteI've seen that too David but not sure I can do that here as we get to darn hot that I think they would cook in there. This summer we had 3 weeks where we had 3 or more days over 100 degrees. That is 3 weeks in a row. It was a miserable summer this year.
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