This is the entrance to the original garden. You might recall how much build-up had occurred. The left arrow shows the depth of said build-up. The right arrow indicates the required height of the terracing. Believe it or not, the soil in the left circle is the same as the right circle. The left circle shows how much change and damage is done to soil when exposed to sunlight. It also shows how, even though healthy looking, this soil is, in fact, very poor. It lacks tilth and becomes very dusty and hydrophobic in a short time. Organic soil should crumble and absorb water, unless severely damaged but the sun and exposure . This stuff seems to disintegrate into powder.
Found a chunk of concrete in the garden. Have NO idea why it's here. It was not as low as the bottom of the original garden, so that means it somehow got into the garden AFTER it was started.
I had to pull dirt from the bed to top off the hugel bed. I didn't want to sacrifice my kale and veggies, so made a little island for them.
Pulled dirt away from the terrace, even going below its level, indicated by the right arrow, since I know I will be adding material to that zone; I don't want to cover the bottom row of urbanite. The left arrow indicates the slight elevation change. I think of it as a run-off bed from the hugel bed.
The kale bed. The big arrow points to a healthy kale. The little arrows point to less virulent kale. All were planted at the same time from the same seed stock.
The healthy kale.
The unhealthy kale. The problem? The above was a single seed. The below were planted in a seed ball. They are FAR too close to grow robustly.
The gourd family is ripening nicely.
Suburban Hermit of Fayetteville, signing off.
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