Jenn and I spent most of today planting the veggie garden.

We got 3 yards (i.e. 81 cubic feet, or 2.3 cubic meters) of 3-way mix soil (basically topsoil, compost, and other stuff) delivered to top up the veggie beds. Here’s Rory sniffing the pile while on rounds a few days ago, to give a feel for the size:

So my first task was to shovel that dirt into the beds:

Dumping the dirt:

Meanwhile, Jenn was planting:

Here’s the whole veggie garden, with everything planted:

In the front-left bed, we have tomatoes and salsa ingredients:

In the front-right bed, we have lettuce and kale (for us and chickens):

The potato planters have seed potatoes; the boards and more dirt will be added as they grow up, resulting in many layers of spuds:

In the back-left bed we have zucchini, pumpkins, watermelons, and decorative gourds:

In the back-right bed, we have onions and corn:

Inside the berry cage, we have a couple of Hood strawberry plants (and will add more to this bed later):

(Existing) blueberries:

The first of a few hops plants:

Huckleberries hiding behind the existing gooseberries and currants:

Ever-bearing strawberries (these were existing from last year):