snakes, frogs, and rocks... oh my!

Busy weekend in the land of stinky farmers. We have the second bed completely installed except the seeds. It's going to have two different types of cucumber, variegated lettuce, and basil. Today were hard at work clearing out all the debris that has been accumulating along the side of the back porch for the past two or three years. All the leaves, sticks, and other mess filled up an entire composter. Underneath we found all kinds of wildlife, our final count was 7 frogs and 3 snakes.

After we cleared out all the debris we re-released them into the plant beds so that they could eat the pests that have been munching on our squash leaves.

The initial bed, onion bed, and melon bed are now equipped with a great drip irrigation system via cloth soaker hoses. I'm personally excited about not spending as much time hose watering.

We've also lined the space outside of the back porch area that was previously occupied by debris in rocks. Our plan is to fill it with pea gravel, stepping stones, a fire pit, seating, and raised flower planters as an additional chill spot for spring gatherings. Moving all those rocks(yet again) was hard work but I got some help from a very special person.

Thats right, my little prince came by and loaded an ENTIRE wheelbarrow of rocks for me. He also used clippers to trim out all the saplings that were trying to take over the foxglove bed. Until next time!