Another garden update
Apr. 19th, 2006 10:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lindajWe got another few feet of raised bed done last weekend, and we remain on track for what we want to have finished by the end of May. We got a bit of a jump on it by deciding to curve the bed back to the wall, put in a chimenea fireplace (one of those ceramic potbelly ones on a wrought iron stand), and then start up the wall again on the other side.
It seems that a 1:1 ratio of existing soil and organic matter is the way to go for the height of beds we're building. For the first bed, I started with 1:2 soil to organic matter, and had to end with 2:1 or even 3:1 so I could fit everything back into the beds. This means the top layer has more clay in it than I'd like, and the poor little seedlings are struggling. They'll get by, though, and reach their roots down to the loose, fertile depths. The soil in the bed will also correct itself over time, I'm sure.
The leeks have started sprouting, in quantity.
Peas are still slow, as are the spinach, turnips, and radishes, but they are sprouting.
The Egyptian Walking Onions seem to love their new home, and seem to be getting bigger and taller daily. The garden sage, planted temporarily near the onions until the new herb bed is done, is putting out new growth.
Very very soon we need to plant more peas & spinach, maybe some potatoes, and maybe even a few tomatoes under walls-o-water.
Things are shaping up.
It seems that a 1:1 ratio of existing soil and organic matter is the way to go for the height of beds we're building. For the first bed, I started with 1:2 soil to organic matter, and had to end with 2:1 or even 3:1 so I could fit everything back into the beds. This means the top layer has more clay in it than I'd like, and the poor little seedlings are struggling. They'll get by, though, and reach their roots down to the loose, fertile depths. The soil in the bed will also correct itself over time, I'm sure.
The leeks have started sprouting, in quantity.
Peas are still slow, as are the spinach, turnips, and radishes, but they are sprouting.
The Egyptian Walking Onions seem to love their new home, and seem to be getting bigger and taller daily. The garden sage, planted temporarily near the onions until the new herb bed is done, is putting out new growth.
Very very soon we need to plant more peas & spinach, maybe some potatoes, and maybe even a few tomatoes under walls-o-water.
Things are shaping up.
