Thank you! We LOVE the cascades too. A few weeks ago we spent some time in that part of the country on the New Dungeness Spit as volunteer lighthouse keepers. SO beautiful up there!
Did you lay the cardboard on top of the plastic? I'm building raised beds around my shed and was going to line them in cardboard but wasn't sure if I should lay plastic down first or vice versa... thoughts?
Hi! We laid down the plastic a few weeks ago -- the idea is to essentially kill everything underneath it... grass, weeds, seeds, etc. Then we remove the plastic, lay down the cardboard, then the compost/manure, and then the wood chips. We tested a little area -- if you go to the 53 second mark in the video, it's in the upper right of the frame. There are three green rows of strawberries. The vid doesn't do justice to how well they're doing! I can't swear it's because of the cardboard method, but the lady from whom we originally purchased the strawberry plants did it this way, and the plants did great! We'll see how it works for other fruits and veggies this growing season. Good luck with your beds!!!
Holy Moly, what a garden! Can't wait to see it all filled in. 😀
Thanks so much! We’ll definitely post a follow up 🤓
my god what a YARD i sure miss the space one can get in the south. but i also do love my cascade mountains and ocean too. Love what ya did!
Thank you! We LOVE the cascades too. A few weeks ago we spent some time in that part of the country on the New Dungeness Spit as volunteer lighthouse keepers. SO beautiful up there!
try a pitch fork or 10 prong fork in that mulch it'll be easier
Great progress on the garden, that's beautiful!
Great call -- thanks for the advice and the kind comment!
Did you lay the cardboard on top of the plastic? I'm building raised beds around my shed and was going to line them in cardboard but wasn't sure if I should lay plastic down first or vice versa... thoughts?
Hi! We laid down the plastic a few weeks ago -- the idea is to essentially kill everything underneath it... grass, weeds, seeds, etc. Then we remove the plastic, lay down the cardboard, then the compost/manure, and then the wood chips. We tested a little area -- if you go to the 53 second mark in the video, it's in the upper right of the frame. There are three green rows of strawberries. The vid doesn't do justice to how well they're doing! I can't swear it's because of the cardboard method, but the lady from whom we originally purchased the strawberry plants did it this way, and the plants did great! We'll see how it works for other fruits and veggies this growing season. Good luck with your beds!!!