Hole in the Fence

And what a beautiful weekend it was for shooting scenes and planting veggies!

First, we prepped:

• We soaked the beds thoroughly
• I tilled to loosen the dense loam
• We sprayed worm “tea” (read: poop) on the soil and then tilled it under

Then we planted:

As you can see, the right-hand bed still has some hangers-on from the winter planting. We’re going to make the plants in this bed multi-seasonal.

The mound in the middle is comprised of a) my failed composting efforts and b) my successful (though unintentional) greenhouse efforts: the little cantaloupes had started in the “compost” so I just transplanted them to the mound. I’m a genius (also unintentional).

Finally, we planted some potatoes, some already started—again, from my composter-turned-greenhouse.

Now we water, we weed, and we wait for the sweet, sweet rewards!

How about you? Have you planted your summer garden?

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