One of the items on the list for this spring has been getting some raised beds and deer fencing in place to start a vegetable garden. The process began with having some Alder trees felled to let a bit more sunlight in. Once that job was done (trees down in 40 minutes - clean-up of trunks and branches: 40 hours) we got some cheap 2 x 8 lumber and built some raised beds which were putdown over a blanket of corrugated cardboard. The boxes were filled with combinations of composted chicken manure (from Seth and Mary-anne next door) leaf mulch and chipped branches. The paths between the beds were then set with chips from the felled Alders. The final process was building a deer proof fence which included three access gates (also made from the by products of the felled Alders and some leftover white-painted Cedar from house parts. First sowing on June 20th.... now awaiting some sun!
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