Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Veggie Garden Beds 2-4

     My insanity cruise has sailed to new horizons! I have now finally finished the last three beds. I wanted to get them all done and planted before the end of April. Mission accomplished! Yippee! So I did the same thing as before and built the beds in the same manner and beds 2 and 3 are completely planted and bed 4 is half way planted. I'm leaving room for some carrots, other root veggies and a pumpkin which needs to be planted in June if you want it in October, so I learned at my local nursery.
     I also planted Asparagus! I wasn't going to because I was under the impression that they took almost 2 years for them to come up (remember, "temporary living situation"). I didn't want to leave them there. But as my best friend and I were at the nursery a gentleman that was there set us straight. He told us if I plant now I will have asparagus by February. And they just keep coming back. He planted his 5 years ago and he gets a crop every year! So instead of putting them in the ground I put them in a giant portable plastic bucket. Big enough or the roots to spread and grow. I will post pics of that soon.

Even the dog lent a helping paw

She tried to help mommy dig holes for the plants

Instead she dug a hole to sit in out of the sun and in a cool place.

I also added mulch in between the beds and am thinking of adding it all around.

Here's a pic of all the beds, and me planting. Yes they are a bit crooked. I had to do that because of some huge roots underground  from an old ficus tree that used to be there. They were too big to cut or dig out, so I went around. Imagine how short or crooked my carrots could be. Ugh! 

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