I spent almost the entire day yesterday outside working on the new greenhouse garden beds. Originally I was thinking about building the walls out of large concrete blocks I had seen at Home Depot last summer. But then I started thinking, I don’t have concrete anywhere else in my backyard so wouldn’t it look a little weird/off if I added concrete?
Instead I had the Handsome Husband {under very close supervision} cut a few long timbers from the trees he fell last fall. The HH and Monkey Boy hauled them uphill and set them in place.
The new garden beds are 2′ x 16′ on the sides and 2′ by 10′ at the back. My first thought was to plant the beds with sweet potatoes {because of their gorgeous vines & flowers}. But now I’m second guessing myself. Maybe planting pumpkins would be a better choice. If I were to plant pumpkin seeds in the beds the pumpkin plants would have plenty of room to spread out and grow down the newly cleared hillside.
I think it might look kind of cool and natural.
Or, I could just use the bed on the right side of the greenhouse for pumpkins and the other two beds for sweet potatoes. Hmm. We’ll see.
Another project I have been working on is digging up mulch. Every year we typically bring in about 25 yards of fresh mulch. This amount covers both the front and the back yards and is rather expensive. So this year I decided instead of buying mulch for both the front and back yard we will only buy enough to freshen up the front. Since I am expanding my garden area this year in hopes of growing 2,000 lbs of fruits and veggies, I’ll simply re-purpose the mulch I am digging up in the back.
What are YOUR plans for this weekend?
I bet you can guess where I’ll be.
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