Life at a "Swell's" pace

Here comes the dirt for our raised beds from Central Bark Sales in Lebanon, Oregon!

It was delivered by a very chipper driver, as you can see!

We went with a steer manure, garden soil, composed dirt, and saw dust mix.

It smelled awesome! And we couldn't wait to add it to our raised beds!

Look how amazing it looks!

We were so amped about the soil coming we started planting the same night!

We picked out our favorites and began giving them a dirt nap.

Later that night though we had to cover up some of the little sprouts because it got down to freezing temperatures. The following day though we uncovered and planted a few more and were good to go!

Can't wait to plant more seeds and starters soon! I really can't wait to take advantage of the goodies that will be produced from these fantastic little sprouts either!

The raised beds are starting to have progress made to them and I am beyond super excited to give this method a go this year. We cut all the grass inside the boxes and then covered the area with newspaper. Newspaper is a natural weed deterrent, so it works best with a method such as this. As you already know, we had the boxes made and ready to go for a few days now. And, Skylar is a great little helper too!