The other half...

.

Remember the pic from last week, the one where one half of the bed was filled and planted, and the other half was... not?  The project i wanted to get done this weekend was to finish filling the other half and get some plants in it.  It didn't happen, completely.  I wanted to finish filling it with organic material, and not add more vermiculite or peat.  Had a gift card from Lowes, so purchased 6 bags of compost, 3 cow manure, and 3 mushroom.

I sifted it with a sifter i made today, in the cart.  Here's what one bag of each looked like.

As much of a close up as i can get.  Dang that looks purty when sifted.  Spread real nice, no clumps to break up, as they all broke up during the process.  I'll post a pic later, but made the sifter out of 2x4's and 1/2" hardware cloth, and to fit right over the Whizbang Garden Cart.

Now that half of the bed is a little more balanced, with 1/3 if each... vermiculite, peat, and compost.  The next bed is going to be 1/4 vermiculite, 1/4 peat, and 1/2 compost.  I need to find a different source of compost, and buying it by the bag is breaking the bank.

Someone offered me a load of horse manure... hmmmmm.

.