Preparing the Planting Beds

Location, Location, Location

This might sound like the name of a tacky travel show but it took a year to work out where to position our garden.

After monitoring the 2 acres around our house we identified an area which got at least half a days sunshine. You'd think a full day would be better but after watching herbs and greens shrivel under the glare of strong sunshine at 5,800 ft we decided half a day would do it.

This are didn't have enough light.

Clearing the Garden

The garden space was full of over grown trees, paving slabs and medium sized boulders. It took 2-3 weeks to dig out the rocks and pull out the trees and shrubs. The next phase will be building the raised beds.

The reasoning behind the raised beds is that their height makes daily weeding and watering less of a back breaking task and that we can add in better soil. We're going to use a combination of nutirient rich mountain soil which is being excavated from the path behind our house, compost and top soil.

We're picking up the wood for the beds at the end of the month so will be sharing the next step in a couple of weeks. The adventure continues...