I am very stoked about the garden

 I was able to get the bag out of the car and into the raised bed today. I am so excited! First time there has been soil almost to the top in a couple of years. 

Before. Soil down to the second ridge and has been that way for two years at least. I cleaned out a lot of my old photos so not much in the way of reference shots.

After. One 2 cf bag of the Kellog's Raised Bed mix. I leveled it out a bit more and technically, should have done a little at a time to mix in the existing soil, oh well. I mixed as much as I could and if I get a second bag that will go in the ground beds. I'm so stinking happy about having this much soil after so long.  Since I might be setting in that crate I may not need more soil in that bed at least. It's not going to displace that much but want to hold off until that gets done. I'll be setting the crate on the surface and see how much room it takes up. Given the awkwardness of the space I will probably set it long ways parallel to the trellis and maybe plant peas in the crate after I put the potatoes in. Hoping the soil is deep enough I can make it level with the surrounding soil or at least at level with the top of the bed walls. It's dark now otherwise I'd go down and take some measurements. 

I keep thinking mentally the crate is going to sit on top of the soil and worry about sun angle then have to stop myself. It's not going to be that tall, but I can tell jsut from the photo it's definitely going to be taller than the walls of the bed. I have logs at the bottom and the crate on the ground is about four inches shorter than the bed. So yeah, level with the top is not going to happen but it'll still work. Keeping it on that side and to the back will work out best for sun exposure. The jade bush will be shading that side of the bed all winter and you can see how there is shade on that angle in the evening (went out around 5pm). If it's going to sit above the edge then I will need extra soil to fill the top of the crate. Second bag will be needed.

And that's my excitement for today! Second bag will be purchased sometime next week before the heat spike and hope to get more seeds as well.

Yay for new dirt!