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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Posted by Gramma Great on May 17, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Are you saving room for a couple of Minnesota rhubarb plants???? I thought about you while I was cutting some in Nebraska today. Let me know. I think the last ones I brought for you are growing in Rep City!!!!!
Posted by Rebecca's Mom on May 17, 2008 at 10:03 pm
And growing quite well, I might say. They are one of the things the deer don’t seem to have a taste for . . .
Posted by karyl on May 18, 2008 at 6:57 am
I can’t even remember how many times I have planted rhubarb here, and can’t get it to grow – what is the secret?? Can’t wait to see the finished bed, planted!