Easter Party and Planter Boxes

 Riverton, Utah     High 71 Low 54

It has been unusually warm here lately. Yesterday was predicted to break a record by the weather guessers, but it didn't quite make it. The next two day rain is predicted, but we shall see. It is still better than the hot weather that is predicted in Yuma, 106 by next Friday.

I have been lax on posting since we have been back to Utah, but my excuse is that we have been busy.

For Easter we went to Cindy's daughter's for Easter dinner and the great grand-kids (and their Parents) has an Easter egg hunt. It was nice to see everyone.

Since Easter, we decided to get Raised bed Planter boxes. I ordered some from a Company in California that advertised 3 to 5 day delivery, but after about two week, I called to see what the delay was, and was informed that the wouldn't be shipped until about May 21, so I cancelled that order and ordered some from Amazon. Amazon had them to me in three days. 

Then the work began. First I had to assemble all the planters. Then Cindy and I got some gravel to put in the bottom of the boxes. This took us two day to get the amount of gravel we wanted. This wore both of us out, me shoveling and Cindy hauling buckets of stone and dumping it into the boxes.

The next picture shows the gravel, with some sticks on top of the gravel.

The next step was to get two truck loads of compost, which we put on top of the rock. We didn't get any pictures of that process. 

Lastly, We got a good top soil mix to fill the boxes, which too two more truck loads. The compost and soil was easier to put in the boxes because it didn't weigh as much, and we could dig into it with a shovel, and third, we could haul it in the wheel barrel instead of bucket loads. I filled the wheel barrel and wheeled

 it into place. Then Cindy shoveled the compost and dirt into the boxes. This took us a little more than a day per load and we were wore out by the end of the day. 

We decided to go with drip type sprinklers in the boxes, which isn't finished yet, but Cindy planted some  tomatoes in one of the boxes, which she will water by hand until I get the parts, again from Amazon.

This is the box Cindy planted with tomatoes. The little white spot at each end of the box is where I raised the existing sprinklers up with a cap on it. This is where the drip distributor goes.

The next picture show the topsoil in our truck.

We decide on 24 inch high boxes instead of 17 inch ones because we thought it would be easier for Cindy to keep up, except it took way more dirt to fill them.

Then Saturday we went to a yard sale that advertised a raised planter box. It was only a foot high, but I got it for less than half price, so now we have one more box to fill.

Thanks for visiting.