Equinox garden progress
In a very seasonal move, terse_scribe and I spent the afternoon beginning the process of expanding last year's tiny vegetable garden to a more reasonable size. Being 4.5 months pregnant makes it more difficult to do some of the heavy labor, so terse_scribe was kind enough to remove the existing sod with a garden spade, while I shook the dirt out of the sod pieces.
Thankfully, our yard (at least the part of it where we're putting the garden) has some pretty excellent soil in it. It would certainly benefit from some amendments, but the texture is very good, and there were quite a few earthworms.
It's not done, of course, but we made some good progress. The garden is on a slope, which made watering a bit of a challenge last year. We're going to try to fix this, or at least diminish this, by putting some sort of edging along the neighbor's fence and along one end, and then raking or hoeing the soil so that it's more level.
Then we'll spread amendments. I've got some aged rabbit manure, some worm castings, and (I hope) some compost from last season. I haven't decided yet if I'll try to mix these in across the whole garden in one shot, or mix them in piecemeal as I plant different sections. This might decide itself, of course, depending on how much time or energy we have at various points.
But...progress! Yay!
Thankfully, our yard (at least the part of it where we're putting the garden) has some pretty excellent soil in it. It would certainly benefit from some amendments, but the texture is very good, and there were quite a few earthworms.
It's not done, of course, but we made some good progress. The garden is on a slope, which made watering a bit of a challenge last year. We're going to try to fix this, or at least diminish this, by putting some sort of edging along the neighbor's fence and along one end, and then raking or hoeing the soil so that it's more level.
Then we'll spread amendments. I've got some aged rabbit manure, some worm castings, and (I hope) some compost from last season. I haven't decided yet if I'll try to mix these in across the whole garden in one shot, or mix them in piecemeal as I plant different sections. This might decide itself, of course, depending on how much time or energy we have at various points.
But...progress! Yay!