Raised garden beds

Another key goal for us here at the Procrastination R was to get our greens from our own backyard.  We got some soil from a local nursery here, that was really loaded up with a nice mix of organic materials.  Come to find out later, it had almost no nutrients.

The tomato plants are doing the best!

I purchased some heirloom seeds online and started them in a friend's greenhouse.  When we transplanted them, at first most of the plants got stunted because the nutrient balance was off, but we made some adjustments and I am hoping that they all really take off.


We added sunflowers to the beds for a treat for the chickens, as well as us humans.  Mammoth greys for us, and short stuff for the birds.

We added marigolds around the outside in the small spaces of the cinder blocks, as well as in the bed itself to help ward off bugs.  All natural pest control y'all!

The corn is just straight into the ground with some of the treated chicken fertilizer and garden bed soil.  As you can see some of the plants are taller then others.

We lost half the crop when the puppy dug under the chicken wire and had a fun time traipsing around in our precious corn.  Hence the wooden stakes now.
So we will have a staggered harvest, such is life on the ranch!

The sunflowers are really taking off!

My view everyday, veggies growing in the sun with animals roaming about.