New Bed

Building a new bed today-about halfway done.  It consists of 2 yards of mushroom compost and 1 yard of topsoil.  The pine bark mulch is going to be used as a border to inhibit weed growth.  I found out today the same place has cow manure so going to check on the prices of it and may add a yard of that to the mix depending on how hot it is.  Still need to level the bed some more and smooth it out (you can see my footprints in the pics ).   Hope to have it done tomorrow but right now I can't feel my arms or legs so we'll see may have to be done Sunday.  

Once it is all done I'm going to add 1 and half pounds of Blood meal and plant corn on the back side 4 rows deep and the near side will be planted out in tomatoes, cucumbers, Peppers, squash and green beans and maybe some black-eyed peas.  With the corn I'm debating on spacing and whether to use traditional rows or offset rows and closer spacing.   My shop closed for 2 weeks because of the Virus but thankfully the people I work for are good people and are paying us all to stay home.

Guess some pictures might help  bed will end up being 30x9ft and about 5 inches thick topped with alfalfa hay as mulch

Glen,

Nice job on the new garden bed and really nice job on getting all that mushroom compost!  I really suspect that all that compost and soil goodness will make you some wonderful gardening bedding!

Eric

two beds nearly finished-final leveling and topping with alfalfa hay and spreading wood chips around the base left to go.