It's a tapered area, the posts that you see are roughly 5' apart. Wide area where the pic was taken is probably 25'. I'd round and say 17.5' x 50'

You'll need to bring in some soil amendments. 10 cubic yards of compost will give you a 3" base at 1000sq feet. I would do double that. I would do a compost and garden soil mixture. To that per 1000sq feet I would add. 1 cu yard of Black Kow, 40lbs expanded shale, 40lbs lava sand, 40-50lbs each of dry molasses, and soybean meal (whatever size bag they come in, use the whole bag), 2-4cu feet perlite. If you have any neighbors that are about to scalp their lawns take their grass clippings, shredded leaves are awesome too. Till all that in. Have fun.

I was going to focus on sweetening up the soil based on rows. That would make it a little less work, and less expensive eh?

It would. Layout your rows and figure out the sq footage of each and then you can figure out how much of each/what product to add. First year of garden sucks due to bed prep but after that it gets much easier to maintain.

Thanks for your input, I'll try to keep posting as I go along. I did real well in MS when I grew veggies. Heck I produced edible cantaloupe, artichokes, tons of squash and zucchini plus all the basics. I do have a functioning tiller now, so that'll help.

Got a little tilling done before supper. That was with an old craftsman tiller, very old. Did a great job.

Awesome job! Now lets mix in those amendments and get that soil to work. Clay soil sucks.

Wondering if my onions got bit last night, guess we'll see in a day or two

hey Derek, or anybody...i want to plant something to draw bees / butterflys to pollinate my garden, but

NOT kill my dog that will eat ANYTHING (Bernese Mountain Dog)...

i have Mexican Sunflower, need 2 more...any suggestions...???

Purple Coneflower and Lavender

u told me that, but my wife said they might be dangerous for Bailey to eat

...per google>>>

Although lavender itself is not poisonous to dogs, there are some circumstances in which eating lavender can be dangerous to your pet. Dogs can have negative reactions to lavender, or can eat far too much of the plant. In either case, your dog may start vomiting, scratching himself and experiencing diarrhea.

Same thing happens when I drink too much Natty.

You can go with red sage. I have what I believe is a red autumn sage. Blooms all year and bees love it.

2nd spot is done.




Asparagus it's actually growing! We'll see if I can keep it alive.

What’s the cover over your rows doing?