Lots of digging in the veggie patch
Since I last posted there has been lots of digging going on. Two trees were removed - a moringa in the herb spiral and the barbados cherry in the veggie bed. Those roots were everywhere, and I think were robbing the veggie beds of nutrition. This is looking from the back, and I have collected the roots that I dug up to go into the high part of the swale - as these roots break down they will add to the soil structure. I am also going to empty out the compost bin and cover it with soil for the same reason. You can see here that the soil is lower at the back of the beds and then rises up to the swale. I still have leveling and digging of these paths to go. I am not sure what I am going to do with the bed alongside the fence. I like the idea of a row of those wicking polystyrene boxes as I like to grow solanacea family in them as I have bacterial wilt in the soil. With the rest of the garden looking so nice and neat, will the ...