Pacific Northwest Gardening: Seeds and a vege garden. I need a clue, 1 by Gwendalou

Gwendalou wrote:
Great resources, rockems! Where did you live before you got to Portland? I'm up near Seattle but love Portland. I have two sons who go to Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, so I get down in that area quite a bit. I wouldn't mind living there at all!

My veggie garden is raised only in the sense that I mound up the areas where I'm planting. I have areas where I have rows and I've hilled up the rows and then I have areas that are squares and I've hilled up those squares. The squares are harder because I can't get into the center to weed or harvest without walking on the nicely built up dirt. So I'm still working on that. I may lay some planks in there to walk and kneel on.

I brought in some really nice compost that is absolutely weed free. It makes a huge difference to get really good compost. Here on the island we have the regular stuff, but I had this brought down from Anacortes.