[Augie]

Do I hear Mrs. Augie letting you know that she wants the front lawn for family picnics?

Not at all. I'm just tired of looking at what it looked like out there and wanted to switch over to raised beds both for appearance and for ease of access. And I needed more space too so the big ugly stuff is moving to the back where I won't have to be as picky about what it looks like.

The Mrs. and I got our walk in and I still had some gas in the tank after so I finished placing all of the cattle panels in the fenceline on the north side of our house. I don't have them all fully secured to the posts, but for now it will keep the neighbor's dog from slipping in that way.

Then I finished moving the dirt pile from the front garden. I would have run the tiller over it and smoothed it up for planting grass but the battery was dead in the tiller tractor. I picked up a new battery this morning so maybe after work today I'll be able to finish that task.

The garlic seems to be thriving in last season's carrot beds. I'm not sure what I'll do with these four little planter boxes after the garlic comes out but they won't be staying where they are now.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Looks like our garlic is about the same height.

Its 33 F right now and expected to get down to 18 F with a little snow. I did cover everything else including one bed with chinese cabbage,
turnips, and radishes. I think it will survive. next week should be warm, after that,
who knows....

[metmom]

You could grow turnips.

I cleared out my garlic bed last Aug and was just going to let it go fallow, so threw compost, coffee grounds, wood ash, you name it, on there and let it go. Then I noticed some green and figured it was just weeds.

On closer inspection, it was turnips from when they went to see last summer and the biggest ones I ever saw to boot.

Lettuce might wok, too. Something with a short growing season.