Glorious Summer: New Raised Beds and Harvest
It has been a glorious and productive three day weekend. It's been steaming hot (about 90 degrees and humid) and sunny. I'm just back from a short bike ride. The suburban homes are quiet outside as most people seem to be huddled in their air conditioning. (They're missing out, in my humble opinion.) There is not a cloud in the sky. The breeze is barely moving. When you ride you whiz through shadows that provide a minute of cool, and all sorts of different summer smells waft through the air. Heat waves rise from the road. Yellow flowers wave in the ditches. Friday started with a drive to collect lumber, followed by a short run, followed by assembly of two 4x4 raised beds made with 2x6 boards and 4x4 posts rising 24" from the bed. We envisioned the Lower Garden as all raised beds - three on a North/South axis and a fourth & fifth on an East/West line because of the tree and its roots. Money was thin in the spring, what with the expenses of moving in...