5/2

Well, between yesterday and today I finally mixed up the soil for the new 4X8 raised bed. It took a 3/4 of a large bale of peat moss, 2 big bags of vermiculite and about 8 bags of compost.

I planted 2 cabbage seedlings that were given to my by the neighbor in the original bed. I also filled 3 more flats with soil. I plan to start Kale and the Scarlet Runner beans tomorrow, as well as to use the new nylon string I bought to mark off my square feet in the gardens.

I need to buy more compost to mix up the soil for the 2 "squash" planters and for the window box planters on the deck that the scarlet runner beans will be planted in.

Still to be figured out are homes for the rubarb, asparagus, blueberries and raspberries that I want to plant this year. I am especially anxious for the asparagus and rubarb as they take a few years to really get goint.