Starting a new bed...

Like I have posted before , at least I think I have posted it. I have raised beds, as the ground here is very rocky....you pick up one rock and then another magically appears where you had previous thought you had all the rocks picked up....lol...
In the past I have not done this , step by step, but hey you learn from your mistakes....I

Anyway, make a plan on the size of bed you want and lay out rocks or landscape timbers where you want the bed to be at.......

This is a picture of the new bed, I am working on....hint ~ before you decide that is where you want a bed, don`t plant anything there....
all of the grass has been pulled and can put in your compost bin or do what I did and either give the chickens that are penned up some fresh green grass or give to the miniature horse...

Lay newspaper down, prefer no color print, I have laid down colored print though and I really know if it makes a difference, but all the books and websites suggest no color print.....Hint~ don't do this on a very windy day....if so put rocks on the newspaper to keep in place....You can soak the newspaper down if you want to , after placing the paper down...you can also use feed sack the paper kind not the plastic shiny kind, for the most part it works the same way...

Then start putting your dirt, compost or manure on the newspaper, like I have done here...after you get a good layer of dirt or top soil...rake it smooth...I usually try and have at least 4-5 inches of the stuff before I usually start raking the bed smooth....then if you use top soil or dirt that is already enriched, you can start planting the bed, or if you do like I have done with this new bed....wait until their is enough dirt/compost then start planting.....
I am planning on having some daylilies and of course some irises in this bed , and maybe a couple more different flowers...and leave the front part for a veggie or two plants, maybe pumpkin or watermelon vine....
As you can see this bed isn't quite ready to plant.....

You can take the onions that are rotten and throw them in your garden to produce more onions as noted by this picture...I usually buy a 3 pound bag of onions,...sometimes, not very often I do run into a rotten one., it goes into one of my beds as compost....

the next pictures are just of the flowers ( mums, Roses) still blooming in the garden.

 

This is just my mums after the heavy rain we had for the last two-three days

 

My climbing rose bush is still blooming

This Climbing rose is called Maid of Honor....

Hope you enjoy this post of the garden!