More Locks in Panama Teddy

Last Saturday was a perfect day to work out in the yard - so that is exactly what we did . . . after getting our other work done. To us gardening is play, so we have to watch ourselves or we wouldn't get our "work" done.
Anyway, here is what we have done so far. I have been pretty good at keeping the soil churned up (I'm such a human tiller) this
Winter, so it was not much trouble to prepare the soil for planting of bush peas (around the little fences), spinach, and butterhead lettuce. All of that is in the top photo.
The bottom photo tends to remind one of a certain basement in Brooklyn, not Greenpoint. It is, however, our potato patch. We did this last year and it worked out very well. We dig down to plant the spuds, then as the plants grow, we keep stacking more dirt on them. We had a great yield last year and are looking forward to more this year if we can just keep the ants and cats off.
Any ideas?