2nd Raised Bed -- Its Transformation

This second bed is located on the NW corner of the yard. Maybe I was just tired after preparing the first bed, but it was much harder to turn over the soil in this second bed. This could have been the neglected bed, but I'm so thankful the previous owners even put it in!

After an unusually wet spring, here in Washington, I began to question if I should have planted the 30 ears of corn. They look like this, not growing a single inch, for at least two weeks. Actually, everything planted in this bed seemed on hold; the lemon cucumbers (far end by the wood trellis), loose leaf lettuce, pole beans, peas, radish, zucchini, and the pumpkin (the closest little plant in the picture). This is also the bed we ended up planted the seeds that were soaked. Making it the Surprise Garden.

When the sun finally came out, and the temperatures soared, I noticed immediate changes.

These pictures were taken a week ago, but show the growth in this bed.

The lemon cucumbers, zucchini, sweet peas (that have been moved and trellised into the first bed), and pole beans.

1st Raised Bed -- the transformation

This is one of the raised beds. The first picture is after I had turned over the soil, but before cleaning out the blackberry bushes, crawling ivy, and rhoddie bushes. The previous owners must have been very busy because the two raised beds were a mess.

May 19th

June 7th

July 2nd

It has 6 tomato plants, 2 bell pepper plants, 2 hot pepper plants, the teepee has 16 pole beans planted around it, sweet peas, carrots, cucumber, two types of radish, and herbs... cilantro, parsley, rosemary, basil chives, sweet majoram,oregano, and fava beans. Plus, potatoes in the tires.