Boxes

Last week Ian helped me to paint the boards for one of our garden boxes. He loves to paint, especially when his dad is working on painting project around the house. (Ryan has been painting the shutters.) I expected Ian to be sloppy and messy. But he wasn't. I gave him a paint brush and a little bit of paint in a cup and he very carefully spread the paint over the board. He spread it fairly smoothly, very little unevenness. He spread the paint over the whole board. He didn't leave any board showing and only dripped a little paint down the side. He is constantly surprising me about what he is able to do.

Ryan helped me put the boxes together and now I have 3 4'x4' boxes waiting to be filled and planted. If I figure right then we need about 48 square feet of "soil" mix. I'm pretty sure I haven't figured right. But I'm hoping that the growing medium won't break the bank. I finally found some peat moss at Lowes $10 for 4 cubic feet. I'm still looking for some vermiculite.