The raised beds are under some trees, mostly poplar, between the house and the road. It goes road, bunch of thick trees, old used to be driveway (actually new but un-needed and un-used), then this patch of trees with the raise beds in them, then a patch of lawn, the driveway and the house. That brown line you see on the right with green on either side is the driveway. Our house is off to the right. Our 5 acres is very long and not very wide so things seem to stretch out. :) The house you see in the top picture is the neighbor!! The 3 poles laying on the ground are an idea for a triangle shaped bed that may or may not happen next year.... :) I'm not sure I like it.
This one in the middle is the potato bed and it's already planted. I put a layer of cow manure down, then a layer of peat moss and then planted my potatoes and covered them with more peat moss. The idea is to keep filling the bed with peat moss as the plants grow and the potatoes are suppose to have a bigger yield with less square footage. We'll see how it works.
Here is the inside of one of my yet to be filled raised beds. I lined it with cardboard to hopefully keep the moisture in. The floor is several layers of newsprint and a light layer of shavings. This is one of the ones that is line a line of three. If you look close you can actually see all 4 raised beds in this picture. On the right you can see part of the biggest bed. Some trees that are shading this area will be taken out. Papa and I are one a black spruce tree clean up mission these days.
The raised beds are under some trees, mostly poplar, between the house and the road. It goes road, bunch of thick trees, old used to be driveway (actually new but un-needed and un-used), then this patch of trees with the raise beds in them, then a patch of lawn, the driveway and the house. That brown line you see on the right with green on either side is the driveway. Our house is off to the right. Our 5 acres is very long and not very wide so things seem to stretch out. :) The house you see in the top picture is the neighbor!! The 3 poles laying on the ground are an idea for a triangle shaped bed that may or may not happen next year.... :) I'm not sure I like it. 
This one in the middle is the potato bed and it's already planted. I put a layer of cow manure down, then a layer of peat moss and then planted my potatoes and covered them with more peat moss. The idea is to keep filling the bed with peat moss as the plants grow and the potatoes are suppose to have a bigger yield with less square footage. We'll see how it works.
