I'm working in the garden today and wanted to give you an update.

We have our Broccoli, Cabbage and lettuce really coming along.

Cabbage looking great

Today's task is filling bed #6. This is the end of the 2nd year in the garden and I've only got half of the beds filled. It's just me doing the work and I work full time, so the progress is slow. I guess the turtle wins the race.

I had the local sawmill drop off a dump truck load of sawdust and I picked up a scoop of sand with my trailer. The Mittleider Gardening method has a recommendation of 1 part sand 3 parts sawdust (no walnut) for the growing medium. This is actually the 2nd dump truck load of sawdust which filled 4 beds. I've got 4 to go so we will see if we can finish filling the beds with this load.

See my other Gardening and Homesteading Posts

I do the Mittleider Method, see my Mittleider Gardening Posts

• Mittleider Gardening
• Mittleider Book
• Deer Fence
• Mittleider Trellis System 
• Twine for the Trellis System
• Mittleider Watering System
• Benefits of the Raised Bed System
• In the Garden Greenhouse hoops

I also have tried the Square Foot Gardening Method

• Square Foot Gardening

Various Techniques and Equipment

• Pressure Canning Green Beans
• Hand Pollinating Squash/Zucchini
• Roma Tomato harvest and Water Bath Canning
• Potato Harvest and Pressure Canning Potatoes
• Black Eyed Peas - Harvest and Storage
• Harbor Freight 6x8 Greenhouse Construction

Harvesting Posts/General Updates

• Garden Update - 10/10/17
• Garden Harvest - 10/4/17
• Green Bean Harvest - 9/24/17
• Fall Garden Update - 9/23/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/23/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/20/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/18/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/17/17
• Garden Harvest and Food Donation - 6/15/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/16/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/7/17
• Tomato Progress - 5/31/17
• Garden Harvest - 5/30/17