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Building more garden beds closer to the house. Arthritis is kickin my butt so we're trying to get most things into raised beds. We will still plant some things the traditional way...potatoes, maybe some corn and green beans in raised beds and in normal rows. I really need a good year for green beans, the last 2 years have barely covered needs.

Making one special bed just for sweet potatoes. Last year I filled a tire with mostly silty sand from the creek and put a few slips in it as an experiment. The rest we planted in regular rows. What came out of that sand was nice! So the new bed is full of that sand and we will see if we can repeat last years growth.

Having real fun getting dirt to the beds, the tractor is too big to get all the way to the beds so he dumps it in a pile as close as possible and Ethan has been shoveling into the wheelbarrow and into the beds. Its taking 20 wheelbarrow loads per bed more or less so he gets a work out! Planting peas in one of them tomorrow if the sign is right in the almanac. I think it is anyway. I missed the days to get root crops in this past week, too much snow and cold. Might have a few pics later in the week.