Home Advantages: Redoing the Raised Bed Garden
What? Another new feature at LGBTSr? Of course!
Home Advantages will be a semi-regular feature highlighting our efforts to keep up a small house in the New Jersey woods, whether it’s redoing a vegetable garden or unclogging a bathroom sink! Follow along this year as I undertake small improvements here and there, and show you how you can, too! – Mark (and Frank)
How does your garden grow?
The wooden raised-bed garden frames I installed a few years ago rotted out. I’d wanted to revamp the garden anyway, and that gave me the opportunity and incentive I needed. I’m replacing them and reconfiguring them with green metal frames, much better. One down, two to go.
In addition to the vegetable beds, I took the three cat litter boxes we had that our recently deceased cat Peanut used, along with survivor Wilma, and I’m turning them into flower beds: Peanut’s garden. I may make a little sign that says that, and possibly make one for Jessie and William: the three cats we’ve lost since we moved to this house permanently six years ago. Wilma has two new boxes to choose from, and we anticipate adding a second kitty soon. We’ve always had at least two cats (two is enough) and the house feels too empty with Peanut gone.
