New Veggie Garden, Spring-Summer, 2009
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In the late spring, I decide a good project would be to remove all the soil from the garden, make it 12" deeper, raise the garden 4", line 3 sides with 2"-thick pressure-treated lumber, line those sides with 6 mil plastic sheeting, line the bottom and one side with 3/8" hardware cloth to prevent gopher intrusion, and finally sift all the soil before replacing it. Then I installed a deer and turkey fence.

It took a LONG time to complete, but the plants seem to be happy, and so far, no intrusion episodes have occured.

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Preparing for adding the wooden back  after installing the sides   Sides in	Lining the sides with plastic
Replacing sifted dirt after adding 3/8" hardware cloth	Sifting and replacing dirt
Still sifting and replacing dirt	Last section to do
Finished replacing all the sifted soil Veggies, July 2009	Fence and veggies in