My husband joined me in the garden while I was mixing up a double load of Mel’s Mix. We dumped that and then were able to mix up one more double load before we ran out of most of the ingredients, with the exception of vermiculite.
We filled up one of the six planter boxes. It took 3 double loads of Mel’s Mix to fill the one planter, so we have a lot of work ahead of us to fill up all six planter boxes.
I ordered ingredients and the co-op will have our order Monday or Tuesday. We have decided that we will cover the boxes with tarps and wait until spring to replace the wooden strips that hold up the hoses and sprinklers. My husband thinks we should let it rain on the filled box at least once before we cover it up to help the new mix ‘settle’ a bit.
The picture above gives you an idea of what we’re working on. We are now using wire instead of the string you see in this picture to demarcate the ‘squares’ for planting. The string deteriorated way too fast, and the wire lasted the whole season.
I ordered one big bag of vermiculite, 2 ‘rectangles’ of peat moss, and 2 bags each of mushroom compost, cotton burr compost, and barnyard compost. It will be interesting to see how far the ingredients go in filling up the planter boxes.
We got a lot of good exercise, feel that we got a good start on the project, and are glad to have a day of rest from it tomorrow.
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