HOw To RAISED GARDEN BEDS, STEP THREE

Well, it was a very productive weekend.  First of all, we have HOT WATER!  For the first time in a year, yay!  We got some other projects done as well, yay!  A friend came by who is going to help us with some sewing projects, yay!  And of course once again, I stirred up the nosey cattle.  Not so yay for them, ha.

So here is the biggest part of the weekend.  About noon on Saturday, a truck delivered 5 cubic yards of soil.  "Where do you want it?" the driver asked.  I pointed and said "right here" and he pushed a button, the back end lifted up and out it all came, landing right where I wanted it. 

Here it is after I signed the piece of paper the driver gave me and he drove off, leaving us all alone with our giant mound of soil.  I can say, walking up to it can be intimidating when you first see it.  It's a lot of work but we were ready.

Here is the little wheelbarrow that could.  This was borrowed as ours "broke down" last weekend while I was moving bricks.  It was left behind by "Ma" when she moved and didn't have much life left anyway.

We'll have to buy our own but wow, I can't imagine doing it without one, that's for sure.

This is literally about halfway through it.  2nd Man and I would take turns shoveling soil into the wheelbarrow, then I would wheel it over to each bed and dump it in then we'd spread it out. It made things go much faster with two of us loading it.

No lonely and empty beds anymore!  They are now filled with soil and looking neat and tidy and ready to go.  This is a mixture that is created especially for raised beds.  It was $22/yard plus delivery.  Really, it was a great deal and much easier to get out there instead of trying to do it ourselves with bags that we'd have to mix together.

Step One is here

Step Two is here

I'm guessing I should enjoy this moment though because I'm pretty sure that this is probably the neatest and cleanest and most organized they will ever be, right?

So much potential!  I've been planning the plantings, and have some seedlings growing but dang if I don't want to try to grow it all!  How do you reign it back in and stay grounded in reality?  I am thinking of using the Square Foot method, but then again, I could just plant in raised beds with whatever I think would work?   

2nd Family's dog, "Blue", stopped by to see what was going on.

Our raised beds are now

Blue tested, Blue approved!