Greetings my steemit friends!

I did a lot of work in the garden this weekend, as we had perfect weather both Saturday and Sunday to make some progress.

I planted some potatoes in bed #3, which I prepared for planting last weekend. See Garden Update - preparing for planting.

I'm really looking forward to trying these potatoes, apparently they have purple flesh as well as a purple skin. I've never had one like that before, so that should be super interesting.

I also found another bag of potatoes that were mostly the Yukon Gold variety that I had left over from last season.

That filled up the left hand side of the bed completely.

On the right hand side of the bed, I used some potatoes I picked up at Whole Foods. They looked like they were starting to grow out of their eyes a little, so I'm hoping they do grow.

I then added finished topping off bed #2 and re-installed the water pipes and tested that. The asparagus is really starting to come up in that lower part of that bed.

That was what I did on Saturday.

On Sunday afternoon, I started by putting up my agribon.

This agribon is the lightweight version that lets 85% of the light through. It's going to help keep the bugs out and the weed seeds out. It will also help with sun scald and will add about 4 degrees of frost protection.

I then rolled the agribon out and then cut it. About 4-5 feet is good to leave past the end at each end, so that the ends can be closed.

To close the end, I use large rocks that were actually here and dug up in the process of tilling the land.

Rinse and repeat, I did the same for bed #3.

I then wanted to construct the hoops for bed #2. I had already cut the pvc. The PVC that is used is 42 lengths of 18" long of the 200 PSI 3/4 inch pvc for the holders. The actual hoops are 21 lengths of 7' long 1/2" schedule 40 pvc.

The tools needed to install these are a mat to kneel on, a rubber mallet, some small screws and a drill to screw the screws in.

I ended up laying out the pipes ever 18"

And then hammered them in. The screws are one per pipe at the bottom. The hoop pvc's rest on these screws.

So, that was what I got done this weekend. Bed's #1 and #3 are mostly planted. There's about 15' of grow space left in bed #3 which I am hoping to use for some lettuce or something similar. Bed #2 is definitely ready for planting. I'm pretty tired after doing all of that. Hammering the pvc into the ground is not easy, especially with the red clay I have here in NC.

How is your garden doing? Are you ready for planting? I hope you're considering growing some food for yourself this season!

See my other Gardening and Homesteading Posts

I do the Mittleider Method, see my Mittleider Gardening Posts

• Mittleider Gardening
• Mittleider Book
• Deer Fence
• Mittleider Trellis System 
• Twine for the Trellis System
• Mittleider Watering System
• Benefits of the Raised Bed System
• In the Garden Greenhouse hoops

I also have tried the Square Foot Gardening Method

• Square Foot Gardening

Various Techniques and Equipment

• Pressure Canning Green Beans
• Hand Pollinating Squash/Zucchini
• Roma Tomato harvest and Water Bath Canning
• Potato Harvest and Pressure Canning Potatoes
• Black Eyed Peas - Harvest and Storage
• Harbor Freight 6x8 Greenhouse Construction

Harvesting Posts/General Updates

• Garden Update - Planting Potatoes - 2/25/18
• Garden Update - preparing for planting - 2/24/18
• Garden Update - Broccoli Harvest - 1/1/18
• Garden Update - Cabbage Harvest - 12/6/17
• Garden Update - Final Summer plants - 11/9/17
• Garden Update - 11/5/17
• Garden Update - 11/4/17
• Garden Update - 10/10/17
• Garden Harvest - 10/4/17
• Green Bean Harvest - 9/24/17
• Fall Garden Update - 9/23/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/23/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/20/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/18/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/17/17
• Garden Harvest and Food Donation - 6/15/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/16/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/7/17
• Tomato Progress - 5/31/17
• Garden Harvest - 5/30/17