Here are the new raised planters that I got from Lee Murdock’s brother. I know that these will be rabbit-proof, but I hope that hey don’t become convenient feeding troughs for the deer. Fortunately, I have only seen one deer in the garden all the years that I have been gardening here.
I contracted with his landscaper to have them delivered and fortunately the weather cooperated. He had emptied them and put the dirt in his trailer, so we wanted to place the planters in their final locations. I made a quick decision and decided to put one where the composter is and three along the walkway where I had planted the eggplant. We moved the composter out of the way and he brought the first planter.
The planters are about 16 inches off the ground and the box is 12-14 inches deep. The area is 2 X 4 feet. They appeared to be manufactured, rather than homemade and made of 1 inch thick cedar with 2 X 2 cedar legs and framing. They’ll need to be re-stained as they are well-worn, but in structurally good condition. While he went back to get the second planter, I trimmed the pine tree to make room. We got the second planter and then he thought it best to fill these two before bringing the others. He filled them with the most beautiful black soil that I have ever seen.
We got the other two installed and filled and I thought we were done, but there were two more planters when I thought we were getting four! I needed to figure out where to put them very quickly, and we installed them in the middle bed. I will remove the wood from that bed, and will likely just increase the size of the other two original beds and fill them to the top with soil. I’ll probably add soil and compost to each one to increase the depth and I am ready to plant spring greens and other early crops without having to worry about the weather.
