Tuesday, March 24, 2009

First plantings!

I know we haven't written since last week, but that's because we went to WVa for the weekend. It was beautiful weather and I think both of us felt a little guilty for not working in the garden. We did, however, collect 3 buckets of cow manure to fertilize our happy veggies.

Some photos of our work last week:
Painting the pickets-
Screwing the pickets to the lateral support 2x4s-


Taking the painting job very seriously-

Our compost pile, which we started last spring-

I also took some "before" photos and will post them when we have an "after" to go with them, hopefully in the fall.

This evening, I planted carrots, spinach, and lettuce. The germination time is 7-12 days, so in the next few weeks, we may have the beginnings of some succulent munchies!

This coming weekend, weather permitting, we will finish the fence and continue planting our early-spring crops.

2 comments:

Lauren_Doran said...

Did you drive home from WV with cow poop in your trunk?

Bill and Jess said...

Yes, we did. 3 buckets of it! But it was mostly dry and crunchy. The wet stuff can burn your plants, so the dry poop is better. I learned that from the hubby!