outside the farm

The farm includes areas that are just outside the boundaries (read fence) of all the raised beds. Here is a photo of the bed I built around the Buddha that sits in the front of our house, at the top of the lane. I have planted mostly seeds here (double-headed cosmos, poppies, lemon sunflowers) which should come to full bloom mid-summer.

I met a homeless fellow named James walking Lottie in the neighborhood on Thursday and he was asking for work to make some money. He had taken note of the remaining dirt mountain and asked if he could help move it. I told him to check back over the weekend, that I was not sure what I was doing with it. So check back he did on Sunday! And by that point I had conceived and built the bed around the Buddha. For two bottles of water and some cash, James moved all the dirt you see in the picture into the bed, including all the holes of the cider blocks I used to set up the retaining wall. Now he and I can both enjoy watching the progress of the decorative bed we basically set up together!