We had some nice weather today, so I worked in the garden today, getting ready for the spring planting.

I wanted to top off my beds from last year. I'm doing the mittleider method and am using a 3 parts sawdust 1 part sand growing medium.

I removed the watering pipes and their supports and then shoveled the mixture using my dump cart.

Once I shoveled and leveled off the growing medium, I replaced the watering pipes and did a watering system test.

The first one I did is bed #3.

I then moved my in the garden greenhouse hoops from row #1 to row #3. Then I did the same thing, removing the watering pipes and filling the box with the growing medium.

Then I replaced the watering pipes and did a watering system test for row #1.

I then made hoops for row #1. I now have two of my beds with the in the garden greenhouse hoops. My long term plan is to have all of my beds that don't have the trellis system to have these hoops. I'm going to try and use the agribon when planting on all my beds this year.

I got about half of bed #2 filled before I got tired and quit. Tomorrow is another day!

How is your garden preparations going? It won't be long before we have plants growing!

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 - 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