Spring yard work

Our backyard is a little barren ...

...and the in-ground area just won't be enough...

Through a friend, we were able to get some wood at half the price - which is regular pre-Trudeau pricing. (sorry, but true).....

... and its time to make our raised beds, which will be our primary vegetable growing area at this property. Needless to say, my back is a wee bit tender today.

... And its time to begin hardening off my much prized growings for the season.

FYI, I grew all our edible/medicinal flowers and herbs along with a few tomatoes and peppers but we plan to purchase our veg starts this year.

Finally able to put out our chairs and enjoy the sunshine...

... the raised beds are built and levelled. We will be putting white rocks or some such along the front to block/hide the gaps where the beds were levelled, as our yard is 60 years old and has a few wrinkles. :D

Its windy again today and so I opted to put the plants on the front deck today, so that I could tie it on to ensure the safety of the plants and my sanity.

We have never done raised beds before but I know many people who have and they swear by them. Extra bonus is that they thaw much earlier than the ground in spring allowing for earlier planting next year.

With no access to rabbit manure this year, we are curious how this goes and super excited to get stuff in the ground.

We will also be putting all the flowers/herbs I grew in-ground at the front and rear of the property and that grass needs to be removed and soil added. That will be in an upcoming post.

See you then.