After choosing my first plants and spacing them in the beds- happy to say they are planted, watered and all getting acquainted with the suburb! I am waiting to see if any of our wildlife population finds these new plants tastey! So I will be watching for rabbits, chipmunks, deer or bear (yes- each got lost and wondered into the burbs) and any other plant eating "squatters" I purchased plastic fence posts- easy to insert into ground (Tractor Supply/2.00 each) and I will get what is called Deer fencing- light weight, netting that can be easily attached to posts.
Waiting for this.....may be it will not be necessary.
After watering the first night, I noticed that the native top soil I am using drys quite quickly- I may need to see what I might want to do for moisture. I have a rain barrel that I have hooked up to a drainpipe- waiting for rain now- but have a hose running up to this garden for supplimental watering.
I still have quite a pile of dirt- so I purchased 3 more raised beds- 2 I will put at the end and I think I will try stacking one so that I have a 16" deep bed vs the 8" deep beds. Each kit comes with clamps to do this. Might as well use some!
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