It was too cold to plant any more seedlings this weekend, so we worked on the rest of the bed(s). My husband agreed to make 2 more planting boxes, as well as my perimeter planting boxes (since I'm out of room). I will devote one 4 x 8 foot box to corn and the other to squash and beans per dennisw's suggestion. I still want to do an Indian planting, so I may just plant one "hill". In any case, I can rotate these boxes.
So we set about covering the rest of the enclosure with cardboard to act as a weed barrier. My husband helped me make staples out of insulation hangers - cheap cheap, cheap solution. FREE because we had them left over from an insulation job we did for our daughter 10 years ago. But, they were cheap anyway. Basically they are wires which he bent into a U with pliars and pushed through the cardboard and down into the ground to keep the cardboard in place and to keep it from curling. THe ones you buy in the store are $2 for 12. You go through a pkg. of them pretty fast when trying to keep huge sheets of cardboard in place.
The rest of the enclosure completely covered in cardboard and ready for the boxes and paths.
Bundle of timbers ready to be installed.
When we're done I will have three 4 x 8 boxes and one deeper 2 x 8 box, PLUS the interier perimeter of the enclosure will be lined with 1 ft wide planting boxes for flowers, herbs, and extra veggies.