First 4 x 4 plot planted!
So, in a surfeit of work, I shifted 16 cubic feet of soil on Saturday night while everyone was partying. I dug a 4’ by 4’ hole, and then I sifted it all back in. The result was a nice, soft, loosely packed soil. That took about 3 hours. On Sunday at twilight, I laid out the grid and used a small 1 1/2” bowl to make indentations in the right places, and planted a row of marigolds, lobelia, 2 rows of black-seeded simpson lettuce, 18 bloomingdale spinach, some Bibb lettuce (8 of those), 16 carrots, and 8 more of another lettuce plant.
I watered them and took pictures of the final plot, thinking it looked neat and nice.
Within minutes after I left the plot, vandals struck, and destroyed 3 (potential) carrots, 4 lettuce, 6 spinach, and 2 flowers. Yes, the cats decided that plot of soil was the best possible place to leave nitrogen deposits. Both cats used the area as their personal privy.
I’m sad, but I’ll replant those sections. I need netting now, to keep out varmints, which apparently the cats are now reclassified into that category. I also know that I may get a few seedlings in the wrong places due to the cats’ digging. I will win.
Also, someone said 20% vinegar solution works to kill weeds. Yes?
I watered them and took pictures of the final plot, thinking it looked neat and nice.
Within minutes after I left the plot, vandals struck, and destroyed 3 (potential) carrots, 4 lettuce, 6 spinach, and 2 flowers. Yes, the cats decided that plot of soil was the best possible place to leave nitrogen deposits. Both cats used the area as their personal privy.
I’m sad, but I’ll replant those sections. I need netting now, to keep out varmints, which apparently the cats are now reclassified into that category. I also know that I may get a few seedlings in the wrong places due to the cats’ digging. I will win.
Also, someone said 20% vinegar solution works to kill weeds. Yes?