Now it is time to make some holes in the ground for the plants to live in.
When we arrived at Market Hill, Mom was ankles deep in dirt...
She was pretty excited about making our first beds...
It is always fun when you have power equipment to help. This little Honda does a great job. It worked well for this size bed. Look at the healthy soil it is kicking up...
Finished product....
We have a couple of raised beds that my mom and I created 2 years ago. These were intended to be small vegetable beds. We were successful in growing LOTS of basil, and a couple tomatoes. I believe that is all we were successful with, out of about 50 various veggies planted.
Though our vegetable endeavor did not go as well as planned, the raised beds are now a great asset to Shoots to Roots. We started using them as healing (heeling?) beds. When the plants started arriving in the mail we didn't have anywhere to plant them (hence, the new bed). We found advice on the forum about healing (heeling) them. Which we did in our raised beds. They will live there in the soil until we can move them to their new homes.
After a long day of working at the Nursery, we still have smiles on our faces. The first 3 Shoots - of Shoots to Roots - are right there.... (from left to right) Heather, Jared, Betsy...
Oh yeah, and we cannot forget Jimmy, who was there for moral support. Well, maybe just some brush burning, a couple of beers, and a roasted wiener. Either way, we were happy to have him.
