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New Raised Garden BedsI had been wanting to add some more garden beds around the yard so that I could plant more veggies! My husband wasn't so keen on the idea of garden beds scattered throughout our yard, so I was happy to accept the prospect of one more bed to add to our 4x8 bed DH made last year.
 Box from last year.While I was busy digging and shoveling and spending way too much time with the rocks in my backyard this past week (see previous post), I had an epiphany! (Largely due in part, to having watched several episodes of The Garden Girl TV in the mornings before I dug my rocks. I'm now a raving fan!) "If I move my current bed the other direction,
I could fit not just one more box in this space, but 3 more boxes in this space and it'll be neat and tidy!" So I brought up the idea with my husband and I held my breath. He paused and said, "That could work. But how are you going to move the bed already filled with dirt? Isn't it all compacted down and hard to move now?"
I joyfully told him, "Because we are using the perfect soil (Mel's Mix, from Square Foot Gardening method), it's not compacted and hard to move at all!" He stuck his shovel in the dirt and started moving it around to test it. He asked if I had already tilled it to get it this way and I said, "I literally moved my garden rake across the bed a couple of times and the dirt was all nice and neat. It stayed nice and loose!" So to my surprise, he not only got the lumber to build me one more box on Saturday, but enough for 3 more boxes! Hallelujah! I was so excited!!!! My dream was coming true! Saturday afternoon, after my brother and I had finished with the never-ending project of moving rocks, we started the project of moving the current garden bed as my hubby was finishing up making the new ones.  My superman husband assembling my new beds! We filled the new garden bed with the soil from the old one and then laid out the rest of the boxes. Look at that dark colored good earth there!  My second superhero of the day, my brother, leveling off the spot for box number 4! Leveling off the new dirt.I lost count how many bags of dirt we hauled in, but it was a lot! My van looked like a low rider! (see the 4th photo above)  Me, with my new garden beds! Yippeeeee! What a great day! Tired, exhausted, sore muscles, hungry, famished, yet smiling and giddy! Great feeling! Oh, did I mention it was our 11th Anniversary!? What a great gift my hubby gave me! I am the luckiest girl alive!10:32 - Monday, April 20, 2009 - post comment
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