We worked a lot in the garden today. Charles is building a new raised bed in the area he usually just plants rows in the ground. It is kind of a soggy area so the raised bed will make planting much better. But the best part of today was dinner. We had grilled bacon wrapped shrimp (yes we splurged!) and a salad made from baby lettuce greens and cherry bell radishes both picked from our garden. We may have some spinach ready in a week or two also. But everything else is at least a month or two away. The tomato and pepper transplants were planted in the ground today, but now we might get another late frost this week. Two late frosts? But I am prepared to protect my seedlings! Hope everyone has a great week!
FROM OUR URBAN HOMESTEAD TO YOURS
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3 comments:
I have a question about raised beds... What type of wood do you use for that? I read somewhere that you can not use any wood....that some would leach things into your soil and food that you don't want into there.
I love baby lettuce!! love, love, love
You dont want to use wood that has chemicals in it like any treated wood. But Charles just built a new raised bed with treated wood and lined it with something he got from work. Its some kind of rubbery plastic stuff and plastic is okay unless it is heated really high. I will post a picture when he finishes it.
OMG I am so jealous, you have such an early growing season. I haven't even started my seedlings yet, I should have a couple weeks ago. Oh well, no time like the present!
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