Showing posts with label Spring planting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spring planting. Show all posts

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Preparing for Spring planting

On Thursday Royce & I spent some time in the garden preparing  a few things for our spring planting. 
 
The first thing we did was build a domed enclosure that will be covered in chicken wire to use either to keep chicken on a bed or off that bed.  We also plan to cover it in plastic if needed to make a greenhouse. The girls had to check it out while we were working.  The bottom left hand corner is the run we made last month, we added a wire roof to use for the last of our winter seedlings.
 Said enclosure in use on our most rested bed, two of our girls needed to check it out.  This bed has the last of the winter lettuce, kale, leaf beets and leeks.
 
Our girls hard at work. The cage is where we lock them up at night and they all fit inside Russell the converted dog kennel.


We also have sewed a variety of herbs and vegies in polystyrene boxes and have put them in the small greenhouse until it warms up a bit.  This way when we are ready for spring planting they are ready to go.