A beautiful pasture destined to become a beautiful garden~
Cutting the hay
Yes...I did gather all the cut pasture grass with a wheelbarrow~
Compost bin frames already going in before anything else...over-eager.
The blackberry bramble
Wild blackberries
Scraping the old, weedy pasture grass
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New fence installed and starting to stake out the garden.
Digging planting holes for a row of green giant arborvitae with a rented auger
Irrigation getting installed
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Building the pergola that encloses the raised bed garden~
Daisy :)
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Finished compost bins
Getting creative! Getting a very heavy maple out of the truck bed and into the hole.
Early days - lots of potential
Staking out the center garden. A beautiful view of the snow covered mountain in the background.
Early days~ The center garden.
The long, narrow raised bed that flanks the raised bed garden area - zinnias, cosmos, and 'Vanilla Ice' sunflowers~
Prepping the site of the future 'mini-barn'
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First vegetable patch - pumpkins, squash and corn in this bed.
Extending the privacy screen that runs along the east side of the raised bed garden.
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