1st Completed Raised Bed

Now that we've been in the house for a year and a half, I'm very eager to get the vegetable garden finished. Last year I only grew a few vegetables in containers so that I could concentrate on the flower beds and inside projects. I really missed eating home grown vegetables, but maybe even more missed the planning and tending that leads to the reward.

This weekend I took a few trips to the garden center for: garden soil, 2 types of compost, vermiculite and peat moss. I added 1.5 inches of garden soil to the bottom and then mixed the other ingredients for the top 6 inches. I would have loved to have omitted the garden soil and use mix for the whole thing but there are several beds to do this year and the garden soil is a lot less expensive.

After I added the soil I gave it a nice long drink and added the hoops. I'll have to wait until next weekend to plant because it's dark by the time I get home from work. 

The weather has been nice enough to set the seedling out on the front porch for a few hours. They went back in when the wind started to pick up. As soon as the row covers come they will go into the garden under the hoops.