So I'm feeling like there has been significant progress this weekend. The weather was really perfect and I was able to break up the work over a few days. I finished spreading the topsoil over half of the plot on Saturday (that means that there's still another half to do -- guess what I'm doing next weekend). Then I finished staking the plots. Then on Sunday I raked the soil off the paths and built up the beds and laid straw on the paths to keep them separate. Then the pea trellises went up and then finally I planted my first vegetables: sugar snap peas and a blend of salad lettuces.
I gave the seeds a good soaking and they'll get more on Wednesday this week as we're do for showers. The showers are fortunate as I had major problems with the water hookup down by the garden. There's a leak further up the line that I'll need to deal with next weekend as well.
I'm pretty pleased with the work so far. I spent a good bit of time standing back and surveying what I had done. Of course, it all means nothing if I can't get anything to grow. Maybe I'll see something pushing through the soil next weekend.
2 comments:
you are more organized than i so your crop yields are likely to be higher than mine were. But then again, my cucumbers were worth 600 dollars each, and they were delicious.
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