First Try Not a Success

After a few weeks we were starting to see signs that our attempt was a failure. Most of the plants showed stunted growth or no growth at all. I feel this was caused by a few factors.

1) location, the corner of the yard is shaded by the fence part of the day and likely does not have adequate air circulation for some types of plants.

2) Soil, at the time we were not aware of the benefits or organic gardening. We did not test our existing soil before hand and used a miracle-gro top soil loaded with chemical fertilizer. As you can see from the picture we did not use enough top soil to even begin to see the benefits of a raised bed.

3) Timing, we likely planted too early for our zone.

So it is back to the drawing board.
-Jon

First Try Did Not Turn Out So Well