The garden is coming along

Let's go!!!

So the raised beds were built from lumber out of a demolished house. And 40 bags of soil were added today. These were mostly 2x12x16. This one is 2x6.

Then we planted tomatoes peppers and sunflowers together.

The left picture is canalop watermelons and cucumbers. I know they are close together but we will add a lot of extra nutrients for them. The bottom of the beds are covered with wood shavings removed from the chicken coope.

Below you will see the trellis i am trying for the tomatos and metal beds with lemon thyme and lemon balm.

They have been sitting on pallets for a while. Peppers were already starting so we had to get them in the grown. We used 40lbs bags of topsoil/compost and will supplement with 5-10-5 organic fertilizer. Later we will continue to add wood shavings and straw from the chickens. That should do it.

We are going to see how this string trellis works out. It's not as sturdy as wire. The melons and cucumbers will have a fence wire trellis and we will put them in melon nets. Stay tuned.

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