"Raising" a Cotter Cottage Garden

Oh yeah, there are a lot of rocks here. Sometimes I think we could harvest rocks. Too bad there isn't a big demand for them. We have big rocks, little rocks, bed rocks, and river rocks and just about any kind of rock you can imagine. Rock gardens are nice and right now mine are full of phlox that are in full bloom.
Because of all the rocks, it is hard to grow a garden unless you do raised beds. That's easy to remember: raised beds to raise a garden. Raised beds mean that you build up the perimeter of the garden bed with rocks, landscape timbers, cement blocks; line it with newspapers and/or cardboard and then fill it with just about anything you can that will support plant life. I try to keep it no more than four feet wide so I can reach everything easily without stomping around in the beds. I like the idea of 'lasagna' gardening because I can use peat moss, lawn clippings, chopped up leaves, any kitchen scraps that don't contain meat or fats, top soil, and anything from the compost pile. I like to pile it way high because it will compact down. Toss in a few night crawlers to help it compost and water it until it is nice and moist. Go ahead and plant whatever you want to plant. You don't need to wait for it to compost down. Root vegetables do exceptionally well in this growing medium. As you harvest, be sure to throw the scraps back in the bed to add to it. Try to avoid using any clippings that contain seeds from weeds.
It is time to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes now. Also the leaf lettuce, radishes, green onions, spinach and other cooler weather stuff can go into the bed anytime now if you are sure to cover the bed if another frost happens to raise its ugly head. Next month the tomatoes and peppers can be planted along with the carrots, cabbage, turnips, zucchini, cucumbers and swiss chard. My oh my, I am getting hungry for a good radish sandwich. My daughter gave me a recipe for faux crab cakes made from zucchini that are mouth-watering good.
Don't forget to put up some type of fence to keep the deer from getting to the crops first.