The raised bed kitchen garden is finally built and ready to be planted for spring! This week I got a delivery of 4 yards of mushroom manure and installed my arch trellises, marking the official completion of this backyard build.
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Move-in property tour March 2022 one year ago
I’m looking forward to hopefully never shoveling and moving this much soil/manure/woodchips ever again at this property…just a little bit every year to top dress is fine.
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4:50 What exactly is a beautiful day for manure shoveling?
You should be excited for the growing season – your beautiful space is one any gardener would crave. So many possibilities! As for the arches, I like the welcoming aspect of the arch in the front beds but I can see how it could be amazing as a tunnel all the way through the center walkway. If it were me, I would use the ones you have for a growing season to see how they hold up and then decide about adding more next season.
Bravo!
yes more arches at least one more at the end but 3 would be even better
Hang in there don't let the turkeys get you down!
Great work finishing this project 2 weeks before you're going to start planting, Laura!
👏👏👏 It looks fantastic.
Ignore your neighbors! Don't let them have power over how you feel or what you do. Who cares what they think?! As you said, you're improving your place, not making it worse, and your life choices are your own. 😎
Also, taking them some fresh pie or cobbler, made with produce from your own garden, will have them thinking differently for sure.
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….Down the road, like many of us, you'll probably get a little plot of land just out of town where you can pretty much do whatever you want. 😁
Looking great! I would add the other arches so you can more vertical growing space for veggies or flowering or fruit vines.
I really like the idea of using overturned sod as a way to bulk out the veggie garden beds on a budget. I was just wondering if you had any concerns about potentially harsh chemicals that were used on the grass before you got it?
I think an arched trellis all the way down for the tunnel affect would be beautiful!! But whatever you decide will be the right choice!! It's your garden!! Well done!! It's going to look amazing all full of beautiful plants!!
I found you searching for west coast seeds. Your delightful! Ignore your opinionated neighbours, it's your house not theirs. I'm really enjoying your story you've done so much already. Can't wait to see what you can accomplish this year.
What you are doing looks AMAZING! Your neighbors just don’t understand. I think you should put up more trellises if you can afford it. Also if it works for the sun positioning and won’t shade out other beds. Two questions: 1. What trellis did you use? I was looking on Amazon for cheap ones and there were complaints about them being too flimsy or they were more money than I’d want to pay. I saw some people reinforced the bottom. What are your thoughts? 2. Are you going to have mushrooms growing up all over that you could harvest and eat??? That’d be really awesome!