Bryan’s friend Nelson recently started a landscaping business. He’s spending the day at our house putting in a raised-bed garden. They just got started about 30 minutes ago, but they’re making short work of this project.
We’ve missed having a garden the last two years. The sprinkler system makes adding one a difficult proposition, but the raised bed should mean that we won’t have to do much beyond working the top few inches of soil beneath the sod.
We watched how the trees affected the sunlight in this part of the yard last year, and it seems like this will be a good place–cool in the morning with full afternoon sun.
That’s the plan, anyway–time will tell!
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