10 wicking beds to fill and trying to make do with what we can glean from our existing garden. I have 2 big bags of perlite and a friend we can go get a free load of rabbit droppings from. We also have compost from our bins and a good pile of leaves from the fall.

We plan to put a pond in the middle of the garden @Jackspirko Miyagi-style; so we can dig out some top soil from that area as well.

We’ve had wood chip paths in place for a couple of years. The soil under there is awesome. I fashioned a screen out of hardware cloth and a scrap piece of IBC tote frame. Going to sift out some good soil for the beds… then it started raining so coffee break!

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