OK so I'm way behind any reasonable garden timeframes, but I did end this weekend with 3 raised beds built, installed, and filled with good "dirt." 2 of them are planted, the last one should be done in the next 48 hours.

Tagawas was out of the little plastic strawberries trays though, so the lady recommended I buy one of those big hanging pots to use. "Fort Laramie" - supposed to be good berries. I broke the pot apart and planted the clumps individually, but there are a ton of long runners. For now I just sorta shoved the "elbows" of the runners into a little soil. The internet seems mixed on whether it's better to cut them off completely to let the mother plant focus on her roots, or to go head and let them start growing too. The leaves are huge compared to what I'm used to seeing in strawberries, and 24 hours after I planted and watered them the leaves are all flat and laying on the dirt. Hope I didn't kill the darn things. I'd feel pretty bad if I killed strawberries. They're supposed to be easy, right?

Didn't have a clue how to plant the raspberries either. All the info online shows people planting bare twigs with roots. These were mini-plants from a pot. I broke up the wad of stuff in the pot and separated the canes as much as I can before burying them in the bed. We'll see how I do with those too.

If any of this stuff lives, I can say this was a fun thing to really start getting into this year. If they all die soon, I'll just go back to focusing on reloading I guess.

Beans and cukes tomorrow evening, as soon as I get the trellis attached.

I have at least a full wheelbarrow or two left of soil. Need to figure out what to do with it... I suppose I could make another bed, or maybe just get some random seeds or something going in 5gal buckets...?