planting

Planted in the raised bed:

Carrots - Danvers Half Long (14-21 days)
Beets - Detroit Dark Red Med Top (14-21 days)

Planted in the long bed:

Snap Peas - Super Snappy (7-14 days)
Sweet Peas - Sweet Dreams Mix (10-14 days)
Parsley - Extra Curled Dwarf (14-21 days)

I did not make rows of the Carrots but raked and patted the bed, then scattered them as evenly as I could, and poured boiling hot water over before sprinkling fine layer of soil back on top. Read that the hot water helps them germinate faster. The Beets in rows like usual, six short ones- three dug into shallow trenches w/half-done compost at bottom, three in between those scraped just out of the soil like normal. See which grows better.

The Lettuce and Chard are coming up in the raised bed; no sign of Broccoli yet.

Dug through the pile and raked two bucketfuls of half-done compost into the last part of the long bed. Raked the loose leaves from what was put down before and added back to the pile. I didn't turn the pile completely over, but stirred everything about from digging up the middle, and the kids threw water into it from puddles.