It is that time of year again, at least here in the south, and garden prep and planting is well underway. My biggest and strongest helper is hard at work helping me get soil ready, new boxes built and filled and the fence put up to keep out the large dogs.There is no keeping the small dog out, his nick name is Houdini.
Getting this fence up is vital to the health of my garden. Not only do my dogs like to wander in here but once we add fertilizer they want to eat it and the fruits and vegetables. We had this from last year and even with the garden expansion we were able to make it work. It does not keep out Tucker (aka Houdini), he can slip under easily but he has learned to stay out of the boxes so we let him wander.
It is not very tall but it is a psychological thing. (for me not Tucker) and the big dogs =) Ivan has mowed in there now and weed wacked and everything looks so nice.
The corn is now transplanted in it's box and then I found out it does not do well with transplanting. Of course, because I did not look this up and it had never occurred to me you could not. Some days...
I am really excited about the garden this year. I did add a lot of wood stove ash to the corn this year so hopefully it won't turn purple and get stumpy. It is getting bigger and seems to be staying green. We shall see...
Stay tuned for more pics and see how awesome this garden will be (we can only hope)
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