first off i tilled the entire garden with a tiller attached to a tractor, just a quick pass to try and declump the soil once again, those clumps don't stand a chance. then i took the tractor over the garden about 10 times where i would do the next raised bed. the dirt looked pretty good, finer particles, less clumps, i guess seeds don't like to try and grow around hard dirt. and i read that if you plant carrots in clumpy soil they will grow all crooked like, hey maybe that'd be kinda fun. so anyway, declumped and then with my handy dandy rake made a large 2 foot high x 2 foot wide mound of dirt. without stepping on the fresh mound i used the flat side of the rake to smooth a foot wide top down to have a nice even planting surface. then my sweet garden gnomes, i mean helpers, my mom and girls planted beets, buttercrunch lettuce, spinach, and fennel. we also sprinkled in radishes throughout since they grow super fast and will help mark the rows and let us have something to nibble on while the rest of the stuff is hopefully growing.
by the way, all these pics are taken with my mom's little point and shoot camera, i like how it fits in her pocket and it is so easy to use.
here is a good way to mark your seeds, just use the seed packet (my mom says they are waterproof), staple it to a stick and poke in the ground, very complicated.
doogie helps with the spinach, well he does look like he's doing something, probably thinking that helping means getting in my rows and taking a nap or quietly observing my every move.
does the barn look different? it's not finished yet, but oooooh so close.
remember it used to be this...
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