February

Discouraged at how the level of soil had sunk in the gardens, I undertook the project of lining the landscape timber beds with heavy black plastic. I dig down along the edge as deep as I can, then slide the plastic in. It should also have the effect of rearranging the soil. B is all done, and I need to do the front corners of A. That's where my cilantro and parsley are, so I need to decide how to deal with them.
I added in several bags of 'garden soil' from Home Depot. I could use a few more to fill it up better. I also planted 9 romaine plants and 9 broccolis. So far they are surviving. The cilantro suddenly grew big and lush, as if it had found the conditions it wanted. That would be...sunny, little rain, temperatures in the 70s.