Starting the Vegetable Garden!

Well, all of the wood for the raised beds was delivered at 6:20 a.m. in the rain, so I hurried up and covered it. First though, the area for the vegetable garden needs to be prepared.

All I have to say is cutting sod is a total pain in the back, neck, arms, legs. We've had 3.3 inches of rain this April, so it was on the heavy side. I've made the mistake of putting raised beds over grass, and unless you pull up the sod and turn it over, the grass will inevitably grow up even through 12 inches of soil. Even though it is backbreaking work, it's worth it to get rid of the sod, throw it in the compost and start with a relatively clean slate.