First two garden boxes are in

Although we've been very busy addressing general house neglect from the previous owners, I've been working to try to make as much progress on the garden as possible.  I want to be able to hit the ground running in the spring and don't want to be hamstrung by a lack of progress this fall.

With The Bear being under the weather, I took the afternoon off of work to help out.  Upon my arrival home, I found that things were much better than either Wifey or I had anticipated.  With that in mind, she turned me loose on the yard.

I mowed the lawn (minus the field/orchard) and tried to orient the mulched leaves into areas that would be easy to collect for use in the garden.

Once that was complete, I roto-tilled the area where the first two garden boxes will go.  They are located outside of what will be fenced, but since my fence posts are 8' apart, it wouldn't be a big deal to extend the fence area if needed.  I don't expect the onions and garlic to be appealing to deer since they are frequently used as an organic critter-repellant, anyway.

After the area was tilled, I excavated some of the soil to be able to sink the boxes into ground a few inches.  That being completed, I mixed roughly equal parts of the native soil, bagged top soil, and LeafGro then watered each box to get the soil to compact somewhat.

Next up is to collect the leaf piles from the lawn and be prepared to put on top of the soil after planting my Egyptian Walking Onions and Garlic.  


Notable:

The Walking Onion bulbs that I'll be planting came from my parents' garden.  Their bulbs came from our garden plot.  Our original bulbs came from an organic farm in southwest Virginia.  I love being able to save money through seed-saving as well as having knowledge of the genealogy of the "seeds" since ~2012.