Not long after my last post, I discovered something sinister in the garden. Right in the middle of my onions was the beginnings of a bunny nest. Nooooo!!! Upon close examination of our fence, there were a couple spots where the welded wire had come loose and made a hole big enough for a mama rabbit to squeeze through.
Since we were going to replace the fence anyway, I talked Doug into adding that third bed as well. He calls it "scope creep," but I think it's common sense!
The new bed is the one on the right. Rather than go with another raised bed, we decided to try the full "Back to Eden" method for this bed. We put newspaper down over the planned growing area and weighed it down with a generous covering of compost. Luckily, we had enough mulch left over from the giant pile we received last month to put a nice, thick layer of mulch on top, plus mulch over the walkway around all the garden beds. My plan is to let the grass die out and mulch begin to decompose until next year when we will plant it.
We also fenced in the blueberries and covered the grass around them with newspaper and mulch. As a result, our garden looks twice the size! That makes me happy. :)
Take that, Peter Rabbit.
