Compost and new garden beds

We needed more compost. After several years, the raised beds were due for rejuvenation plus plants (like rhubarb and blueberries) needed topdressing.

I ordered 4 yards from Compost Crusader, a local business who takes away our neighborhood's food scraps, composts it, and sells the finished product back to us. Our backyard composter and basement worms just can't generate the volume we needed. 

Here is about 1.5 yards on the driveway:

With 4 yards fresh compost:

We added a third ring to the west bed to grow items with a deep taproot:

Top dressed the rhubarb:

Rejuvenated the old beds:

Mad a new bed for cut flowers. (Note: this required moving the bed above to the east by 18 or so inches to make room for the new cut flower bed:

We are also trying tomato bags this year. More on that later, but those are also full and ready to accept plants in about 5 weeks.

For reference, 4 yards is a LOT of material. After 20-30 wheelbarrow trips, the pile is finally gone. Every spare pot is full, a 30-gallon trash can is also full in the garage. We gave away a wheelbarrow's worth to a neighbor, and top-dressed the lawn. The pile is gone! I also have earned my ibuprofen tonight!