Salad, anyone?

   I would be remiss without giving a big "thank you" to my dad and my husband. This year I've begun expanding my repertoire from native plant/wildlife gardening to also include veggie and fruit gardening. Dad recently built me four (virtually) furniture grade cedar raised bed frames for me to grow veggies in. Seriously, these things are hardcore! He really should start a side business. Our soil is horrible, rocky, and shallow -and we have bermuda grass, so lined raised beds are really the best option. Jeff filled them with soil and compost, truly a herculean effort. I would still be out there shoveling, or in traction. Little old me just planted seeds and built the protection frames (for deer netting or greenhouse plastic). We have only installed two so far, but we should put the others in soon, maybe this week? I'd like to plant a cover crop crop in the second two, I've never done that before either but it sounds cool. They'll go in behind the first two, making it a square. I've planted lettuces, radishes, and sugar snap peas (I know it's late) so far, since they're easy fall crops. I'm also going to start some new herbs, then cover the frames with greenhouse plastic to see if I can keep them growing after it gets really cold. This is all quite new to me, so I'm really just experimenting now. Any way I can keep growing stuff and "gardening" in to the cooler months is a bonus!