So we made a raised bed using some horse manure I picked up with a friend and some firewood. I have great expectations for this bed next year. I expect it will work well enough this year.
![](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OnfWYw-orSg/T5GpSjlb6OI/AAAAAAAAZWQ/ZZmzxQRzdTI/IMG_20120419_175812.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)
I dug a bit of a hole so I had some top soil to cover the wood up with in a later step. I don’t know where my cable wire goes (somewhere in this area) so I didn’t want to go too deep.
![](https://i0.wp.com/lh6.googleusercontent.com/-oJq2-5eaKuE/T5GpSpOK6DI/AAAAAAAAZWQ/iS_uCFp1bEs/IMG_20120419_181818.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)
We filled the hole with logs and sticks. Leftovers from a fire building demonstration I had done last fall. The tarp has the manure in it.
![](https://i0.wp.com/lh6.googleusercontent.com/-t3_XfgaKTEQ/T5GpSu4GiII/AAAAAAAAZWQ/NyhBuP9xTgw/IMG_20120419_181835.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)
My assistant was having a blast with this build. She’s inspecting the cart we used to haul the manure tarp from the trailer.
![](https://i0.wp.com/lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hiFMg7PcfqA/T5GpSqWK16I/AAAAAAAAZWQ/ijaOXzxyoc8/IMG_20120419_182150.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)
It’s quite hard to tell little helpers that you can play with this dirt and not that dirt. The old manure was a little too green for me to allow for her to eat.