Raised bed: Waiting for the sun

We've had a couple of nasty, rainy, outdoor-task-killer days, so to feel better about the progress of our garden sans plants I spent a little time this evening treating the cedar planks that will line the bed. We used Watco Teak Oil, which takes two applications with set times of 30 and 15 minutes respectively, and a final dry wipe. Easy peasy.

Though the cedar wouldn't have rotted, the oil will keep it from greying over time, and the finish brings out some especially beautiful grain in a couple of our boards. Hooray pretty cedar!

We're building the bed with four 4' cedar planks (6x1), four 4x4 posts for the corners, and we grabbed six 1/2" moldings to put together a square foot garden grid. That will do for now, until my paycheck allows a trellis. 

The weather is supposed to be gloriously clear tomorrow, and since I have seeds sprouting in the kitchen and plant starts sitting expectantly outdoors, I'm itching to get this garden going. We should be able to build and root the bed tomorrow, and if the stars align (read: if we have enough dirt/compost/happy veggie fill), we'll be able to get our plants in then too.