So much to do - so few days of summer

Gardening in Alaska has many challenges - chief among them is our short growing season.  All of the seeds that I've purchased so far have a date of no longer than 85 days to maturity.  And, those are the ones that I started indoors in March!  The seeds that we are going to be sowing directly take about 55 - 65 days to mature. 

Here is the to do list for what still needs to be done:
1. about 4 loads of fill dirt need to be deposited on the property, so that there are no low spots and we can have a good level spot to install the high tunnels;
2. the second high tunnel needs to be shipped from Anchorage and hauled to the farm;
3. the rest of the debris that is visible needs to be removed;
4. we need to scrape our precious peat moss from the location it's at now, and move it over to the side, so that it doesn't get buried with the fill dirt on Monday or Tuesday;
5. that big crate needs to be hauled from the fish plant to the farm, so that it can be made into a raised bed;
6. put some of the existing topsoil and the peat moss in that raised bed and plant it;
7. cover the raised bed with plastic to make sure that the soil is warm enough for the seeds to germinate;
8. plant the rest of the covered flats with our seeds that need to be started indoors;
9. have fun doing all this without me!  I will miss working on this project, but will be back at the end of this month.