I've got worms!

Dabbling with vermiculture.  Starting off with a cardboard box and if all goes well I might try something else.  Popped some holes in the bottom and added a few inches of newspaper cut into strips.  Moistened the paper and added a little soil and a bunch of food scraps.  Pulled off some mulch from the garden to go worm hunting and found plenty.  I guess the ideal is to use red wigglers but I'm seeing how these guys perform given they were already here.

Spuds!

Dug a potato bed in a new spot farther away from the walnut tree.

Trenched for the base with red spuds grown in straw.

Raised Bed

Started a raised bed near the house for greens and herbs.

Rather than bring in soil from the outside it will be built progressively from lawn matter with the walls raised to match.

This bed was seeded with lavender, chard, kale, spinach, and lettuce.  However I realized after seeding that due to how close it is to the black walnut tree, seen here by the shade, some of these plants will likely not produce.  I'm considering building a raised bed on the patio concrete for zone 1 greens that are juglone intolerant.

First Sow

I haven't bought my seed yet so I'm using up leftover seed from last season.  Don't know if it will still be good or not but we'll see.  Broadcast the seed into the first annual bed.

AWAKE!

Trying something new against the deer.

This is a string fence made from sisal rope nailed to trees where the woods meet the yard.  There are still openings to allow the deer to go around, but this cuts off where their trail enters and directly crosses the beds.  I opted for sisal rope as there is no concern with plastics and it can be used to guide a living fence and then abandoned.