Veggie Boxing

Last summer we built a raised veggie garden box on top of an old stump we had hacked down. It was basically wasted yard space. Narangkar designed it, of course. It took almost a ton of quality dirt to fill it.

We dug the post holes with a little help from the local tool lending library. That place is great!
Then we covered the area with landscaper's cloth to (hopefully) keep all the yard-weeds out.

Those are quality redwood planks there.

Ta-daaa!

Our neighbors helped pitch in for the dirt. It was hard work getting all the bags into the yard. Our first round of plantings consisted of a bunch of lettuces, some swiss chard, some tomato plants, basil, peas, some chile plants, and some leeks. The arugula and chard did really well. The peas, not so much. The thai chiles were ridiculously hot. Like weapons grade hot. 

Then a long while went by where I didn't really take many photos of our veggie box. Plants pretty much grow year round, so we've been snacking all winter. Then, this spring we panted more tomatoes, plus new seeds of lettuces, mustard greens, leeks, plus more chard, some green onion, carrots, and some cucumbers. Plus some cosmos flowers for looks. 

While we were away on our two week vacation, the tomatoes and cosmos grew like nuts. 

The tomatoes are just now starting to ripen (not in this photo, though, which I took two weeks ago) so we are pretty much snacking a few everyday.

Look at the size of those cukes!
I'll post more photos of all our veggies, not to mention the avocado trees, as they get taken. Eat up.