Hoophouse Chores

My husband constructed four new raised beds this afternoon and located them parallel to the west side stockade fencing. The beds were placed around the June bearing strawberries. The plan is to let the strawberries bear fruit and then fill up the raised bed with composted wood chips gathered from the old pathway. Time will tell if I have the patience to wait until June to neaten the area.

The level of the mulch around all the raised beds are two to three inches too high.  I am anxious to spread it around these new beds and put away all the plastic pots that now hold the compost.

The lawn furniture was arranged on the back deck in a new configuration this year.  I positioned the newly-acquired baker's rack against the house and will place herb containers on both sides of it. The rack, itself, will hold a mix of flowers.

The hoophouse was better organized and cleaned today and is ready for planting seeds and seedlings.

Seedlings Planted in Hoophouse Raised Bed #1 (right front)

Arugula (5)
Lettuce, Red Romaine (4)
Lettuce, Baby Romaine (4)
Lettuce, Simpson Elite (4)
Lettuce, Little Gem (4)
Lettuce, Buttercrunch (4)
Lettuce, Prizehead (4)
Parsley, Curly (12)
Spinach, America (12)
Spinach, Bloomsdale Longstanding (6)

Seedlings Planted in Hoophouse Raised Bed #3 (left front ) 

Parsley, Curly (2)

Seeds Planted in Hoophouse Raised Bed #3 (left front)

Super Sugar Snap Peas, Botanical Interests, 2014, (~40 seeds) - I buried the seeds one in deep and set branches in the ground as a trellis.

Postscript #1 - A thyme plant that had wintered over in the hoophouse was moved to the herb raised bed on the hill.
Postscript #2 - How will I use these three planters?  Time will tell.