Adding to the Garden

A couple of weekends ago we finally had a break from the heat. The high was 89 instead of 90 something!! So, we decided to finally get busy on a project that we had been put off due to the extreme heat - adding to our garden.

We already have one raised bed and the rest of our garden was a flat bed. Now that we have pulled up most of our summer plants, it's the perfect time to add a few more raised beds. The new beds will fit in the same space as our flat bed area. But, because we won't need rows, we will be able to plant more crops in a smaller area. (Don't worry, I hate over crowded plants - vegetable or otherwise) Here are some before and after pictures.

Here is our original raised bed and the beginnings of a long narrow bed. We left our tomato plants because they are still bearing fruit.

It's coming along.

Finished with this one! We built around an existing sweet potato plant and it's doing great! This longer bed we were able to build using landscaping timbers we already had. Actually, my husband did it. I had no part in the building of the raised beds. My part was to keep Caitlin out of his way. For the other two beds we had to go buy more timbers, thankfully they were on sale!


And the second, smaller bed with new soil and compost planted with collards. So far we have the long 16' bed and one of the 8' beds done, we've added some wonderful soil and compost mix, and planted some of our fall crops. We've got one more raised bed to go. After the last bed is finished we will add mulch to the pathways. The garden is looking so pretty! And organized too!

And of course our little gardener had to help Daddy water the garden. She had fun splashing in the mud puddles too!