make it happen!
It’s official: although it is not pretty yet, the garden is officially temporarily enclosed, so there should not be any more rabbit damage. I suppose it’s possible, however, that there might be some deer catapulting themselves over the fence. Â Here’s how the garden looked this morning:
getting closer to the real gate
the final three beds have been turned
Had another garden party this morning–the whole family was involved. Dwight and Dad worked on the fence; Mom and I weeded and mulched the tomatoes and I finished digging a bed and dug about 1/3 of a second bed of three beds total. Â Bill provided double cheeseburgers from a fast food drive establishment, and Mom had carrots and celery sticks, homemade pudding (with whipped topping!) and brewed iced tea. I have also included a couple of photos of some of the garden’s produce.
first sign of broccoli
first two green beans
Mom mulching the tomatoes
setting the table for lunch
Humisery is a condition where one feels miserable because of the humidity. (Actually, this coined word came into being 10 seconds ago with a typo.) When I left for the garden this morning, there was a light drizzle. I decided that I may as well lay out the remaining beds and get a good workout while it was a little bit cooler. It took me a couple of hours to measure, stake out, and dig the edges. Now they are ready for Dwight, sod-skimmer extraordinaire.
feeling optimistic
broccoli wannabe
Tonight Dwight joined us for dinner, and then he and I went to Piper to do some rototilling. We started about 6:15. After we tilled and raked up the dirt for all of the existing beds, we decided to dig another bed. Why not? It was only 7:10pm. Sunset was not until 7:59 or so. So Dwight staked it off while I whacked some weeds–my new favorite obsession. Then we dug without stopping. As you can see, the last pic was taken after the sun went down.
first pass
my earth moving efforts
rototilling by the light of the moon
Well, it has happened . . . sooner than I expected, to be quite honest. Lisa, Kim and I worked for about 90 minutes. I think the word rototiller was mentioned 45 times within that span of time. With diligent work, we were able to clear the sod from another 4×20′ bed. If we are going to have a home for all the tomatoes that we have started, we need to dig several more beds. Let’s not forget that Cindy wants some sweet potatoes. So, we will check in to renting a sod cutter . . . or not 😉
beginning of the 90 minutes
life in the ‘hood
Lisa & Jennifer demonstrate good form: Lisa expends some excess energy with a ponytail flip
end of the 90 minutes–nothin’ left but the digging
Well, the first garden party is in the books–and it was a cold one! With two hours of continuous work, we were pretty much able to finish up three beds, for a total of four. Then we took a nice little break and listened to some music while we finalized garden plans. So far we have a patio, chimenea, fence, organic fertilizer generators (aka chickens), and a hot tub as options.
