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Slowly but surely, I am working in the garden. It is definitely a bit frustrating taking so long on things because my body can’t keep up. I miss my 20s and 30s where my joint issues and pain were not as severe, and I could do all this in probably a solid weekend.
Anyway, I am proud of what I have going on.
I got both walls up, and all the long beds in. I ran out of chicken wire though. I won’t have that until Monday. Which is annoying!
My plan is to get the last two circle planters done, and the PVC door frame. I can chicken wire the damn thing when the wire comes in.
I have some dirt, but I don’t think it’s enough. I probably need like another $300ish dollars worth. I wish I had good dirt here, but nope. I don’t even have tree branches or wood to put in the bottom of the raised beds.
But wait. . . Whats’ the pile of dirt in the below picture?
I can’t use that lump of dirt in my beds. I pulled that out of my lawn, and it’s sod, dirt, rocks, glass, plastic, roofing shingles, oyster shells, playing cards, beer cans, and god knows what else. I don’t feel it’s safe to have it in with my vegetables.
Instead, since I don’t have a truck, I have been packing it into amazon boxes, and putting it in the garbage one box at a time.
This is besides feeding an entire disassembled TV console into the garbage, one or two boards at a time.
Who knew homeownership would also include patiently disposing of items you had no ability to get rid of any other way because you drive a KIA, and do not have a truck.
As always, work is dependent on my body’s ability to keep up.
I guess it’s good that spring just sort of started up this week, and was so late, because I had nothing done in time anyway. However, at least it will all be set up for next year, and all I’ll have to do is to amend the soil and plant.
Garden Rat 