1st raised bed built! Pictures coming soon

I built the 1st bed of our raised garden bed system. Only 7-10 more to go. Here's what I did:

- Enough cardboard on the ground to cover a 35 sq ft area
- 32 - 16 x 8 x 8 cement blocks. These are stacked 2 high in a rectangle shape on top of the cardboard
- 1200 pounds of topsoil
- 120 lbs of cow manure compost

All the dirt and manure went into the middle. I'll fill the holes of the concrete blocks later on for planting flowers. Gray blocks in the front yard are ugly so I'll paint them green once the weather warms up.

I planted 3 rows of 13 seeds for spinach and one row of 13 seeds of swiss chard. I should be adding a 2nd row of chard today.