From Design to Dirt

It is time! The Swamp Rabbit Cafe and their neighbors next door have given us permission to proceed with the design. Time to get our hands in the dirt.

The date for the first phase of the installment is November 3rd, from 2-6pm. It will be done crop mob style with a meal provided at the end by the Swamp Rabbit. Here is what we will be attempting to accomplish:

Laying edging around the front strip.
Constructing the herb spiral.
Assembling the raised hugel beds.
Laying down cardboard and wood chips over the rest of the front area.

Supplies we'll need:

plain cardboard
local source for wood chips
local source for garden soil
field stones
glass wine and olive oil bottles
plastic landscape edging

My husband and I should be able to construct the raised planters

shovels
trowels
wheelbarrows

Perennial herbs and seeds if available:
sage
thyme
lavender
hyssop
(there is already rosemary, oregano and lemon balm)
garlic

crimson clover seed
oats (seed)

Most of the planting and the smaller planters, the vertical and treehole garden can be added in the spring, but for now we'll have a place to put the existing herbs and we will be planting cover crops on the new beds to prepare the soil.

If you would like to attend or have information on local resources, please see our Facebook page for the event! Thanks! :)