The Work of a Weekend*

Garden on Friday:

Garden on Sunday evening:

It might not look like much to you, but it's serious progress for me. I don't know what that garden bed was last used, but the soil was pretty good, not too compacted. A little clay-y, but brimming with worms. This is the lower bed, at the bottom of our drive. I'm a little worried about the amount of sun it'll get, so I'm putting more cool weather crops down here. It will have 8 3x3 squares. Each square was hand tilled: I turned the soil over with a pitchfork, then sat with my small hand tiller to pull out old roots and weeds until it was completely loose. Then each patch received some top soil and some compost. I'm ready to plant! Peas and beans and some of my seedlings should go in this week, although I'm watching the end of the week forecast- it's looking we might get below freezing.

*Clarification: The work of two naptimes. If we didn't have a toddler to care for, play with and feed, this would be done.