Building the Deck and Planting Berries!
Posted on Monday, April 30, 2007 at 11:03 in Pa - Post Comment
We didn’t get enough accomplished on Saturday and Sunday so I took a vacation day today (Monday) to keep working on the deck. I still didn't get as much done as I wanted to, but it is beginning to come together nicely now and the end is in sight. This is what it looks like right now:
It is still a race to get it done so we can do all the gardening that we have planned. Our new strawberry and blueberry plants couldn't wait for the deck to be completed, so we did create the new bed we have been planning for them. Ma worked on it quite a bit so I only had to stop the deck construction for a short time.
We had to till a little and then rake the sod pieces out. Since these patches had never been gardened before, we had to add a lot of compost.
Look at the contrast between that wonderful black compost and the dull brown dirt. After raking in the compost, we added peat moss to add more organic matter, to help with water retention and to lower the ph.
Blueberries need an even lower ph than strawberries, as low as 4.5. Peat alone is not enough for this so we added some organic sulfur.
We then planted two high bush blueberry plants; one Jersey and one Eliot. As for the strawberries, our new variety is Cavendish. We also transplanted some of last year’s plants, but I can't remember what kind they are right now. After much work, mostly by Ma, here is the finished product:
Here's one of the Blueberry plants, followed by some of the strawberry plants:
Thinking of those sweet delicious berries just makes my mouth water. And how great it will be to enjoy them seated under the umbrella table on our new deck! Have a great week everyone!
-Pa
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Posted by blessedmomof10 on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at 12:35 - Link
Deck is coming along just fine -- I hope you enjoy a lovely harvest of berries in the years to come!
Blessings,
gloria
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