Lazy Bed Extensions + Amending Bed Candidates - Winter 2025 - January 2026

Yesterday, I posted a 'garden dreaming' post about building a new, raised bed section in our backyard to grow even more vegetables and flowers.   And, right before the new year, I posted by 2025 to-do list scorecard.  I bring both of those posts up because they are both involved in this post about lazy beds.  

First, the scorecard.  I graded myself 18/25, but one of the seven incompletes was #23 - "More Lazy Bed Extensions" and I mentioned in the post that I have reserved the right to update my scorecard total if I get these bed extensions done before the end of January.  

Time is important on these lazy bed extensions as we need time to suppress the turf that exists, 'melt away' the cardboard and allow the biosolids to mellow out a little bit.  I've done them in the Fall and the beds were ready come Spring.  And, I've done some on a quicker turnaround.  

If I get these done in January, I'll have 120ish days of cure time.  That's probably enough.

But, where should I be extending these beds?  And/or amending the soil in some existing beds?  

Here's a broad list - that needs to be refined:

Amend clay soil around pizza oven.  Sand?  Compost?

Extend bed by front stoop.  And around Saratoga Ginkgo.

Extend bed down to touch the Oregon Green

Extend patio bed to connect to grill.  

Create bed on northside of patio. 

Extend corner bed. 

Extend flower cut flower bed on southside. 

Amend IB2DWs. 

Cover cut flower beds with compost and biosolids 

Extend island bed. Amend island bed. 

Extend Magnolia bed. 

Extend hornbeam bed - boardwalk.

Next project?  Pick three of these and execute in January.  

Right now, I'm thinking front porch, northside of patio and grill area.  Or maybe the hornbeam bed extension?