Late yesterday afternoon my husband and I tackled putting up raised bed planter # 5 in our square foot garden. It took us 3-1/2 hours and we were exhausted by the time we finished, but we’re delighted it’s up!
Today I put the Mel’s Mix I dug out into the finished planter.
I then dug the Mel’s Mix out of the remaining square on the ground, putting it into three trash barrels. I put the barrels under the newly finished planter in case it rains before we can get the last planter up. We’ll actually put the last planter closer to the perimeter fence, giving me plenty of room to walk all the way around each planter.
I took the old, rotted wood out to the burn barrel.
The new planters should last a good while. The wood isn’t on the ground as it was before, so it shouldn’t deteriorate nearly as fast.
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I took some pics of the south side of the garden so you can see how the fall garden is doing –
You can see the sides of two of the three planters on the south side of the garden. Mostly, you’re seeing broccoli and cauliflower plants, but there’s a head lettuce (light green), too.
This is a picture taken at my eye level of the two kinds of lettuce. Isn’t it wonderful!
The first sign I’m actually growing broccoli, instead of just great leaves!
No sign of actual cauliflower heads yet. I’ll need to harvest lettuce and plant another batch of radishes soon.
I’m rich in lettuce!
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