A bed has been built.. mostly

The man who mows the lawn came today, so I was able to get one of the beds down. I ended up under-buying soil, so I am going to need 2 more 2cu ft bags, and 1 more 1cu ft bag to do the second bed, but I don't need that one ready for a couple weeks yet. I still need to lay down the grid before I can plant, and head down into the basement to find the watering can- there's no hose, so I'm going to be doing a lot of water lugging. Once I get the intial planting water out of the way it shouldn't be too bad. One watering can per day should probably do the trick.



It's filled in with Sta-Green Garden Soil from Lowe's. It has fertilizer built in which I'm not really crazy about, but it was the cheapest garden soil they had, and I suppose it'll give a nice boost to the plants.

I also need to get a chicken wire protection cage built pretty quick.. oh the hard labor. That bed is going to be my greens, root veggies, and peas- want to make sure nothing gets to them! Also want to make sure that Paisley says out. There are instructions on how to build a chicken wire cage to go over the bed in the book I have, so that's probably what I'm going to end up building. This is all stuff that once it's done will be, well, done- and I won't have to worry about it again. But still, it's a bit daunting.

I took Paisley (the dog) outside to enjoy the weather with me. She seemed pretty pleased.