Prepping the beds

The weekend was a culmination of bed-prepping, both in the backyard and at the community garden. A summary of tasks completed:

Backyard:
Added a row of keystones to build up the raised bed height to a more comfortable level (also helps as a deterrent to the cat). Amended in ~160 lbs of organic compost and vermaculite, then transplanted 3 types of lettuce/salad greens and basil. In a side planter I put the wildcards: a cherry tomato and a - wait for it! - watermelon! Yes, I’m getting all wild/wacky, but I need to verify for myself that these aren’t feasible in our swath of fog-belt.

Community Garden:
As most of the prep work had been completed 2 w/es ago, this week was easy-peasy, just transplanting in the 3 tomato (see above wildcard comment), 2 summer squash, 1 hot pepper. Aerated the soil and lightly remulched. Checked on the sprouting seedlings in the greenhouse, and augmented the cells where nothing ‘took’. They’re about 1” tall now, so I see some of them going in the ground as early as next w/e, and a 3 week rotation with the ‘new recruits’ after that!