ELLIE'S BLOG on Living Well with Disability

Last year my sons put in a raised salad bed.  And then I asked them to write up a detailed description with picture's here on my blog so I could share it as it was just so great.  It can be found on my blog  of 7/29/2009 "How to Make A Raised Salad Bed".

last summer I was able to able to plant, grow and then pick my salad greens most days by myself.  It was so successful that we did not buy one salad green till October. And at the end of the summer we composted the bed to put it to sleep for the winter.

Over the winter we just watched to make sure the snow was not piling up too high on the top of the bed. Periodically we just cleared off the top of it a bit.

This spring (which came early this year) we assessed its condition and it was good.  However my sons decided they didn't want to risk any chance on long-term unsteadiness as it was a keeper. 

So they raised each end, poured in cement for it to rest on to give it utmost security.

Then they prepared the bed for planting our salad greens this year.

This is the fantastic result. 24 different wonderful greens in a patchwork quilt pattern ready to eat in Mid-May. Who needs flowers for beauty! (Oh we have flowers too.) And now with the new ramp they built for me to go down off the bridge "I'm independent no matter how my legs are every day.           Bon Appetite         ellie