Russ and I picked up 2 yards of composted pine mulch in his truck this afternoon so I could start amending the clay soil (and I had a Groupon so it was an excellent deal, $25 for $55 worth of mulch! Woo hoo!)
2 yards of composted pine mulch ready for the garden! |
My mom was a superstar in the garden tonight - we both worked for nearly 4.5 hours and the soil is looking SO much better already. We dug out another huge trench but didn't have time to fill it in with cedar chips tonight, so that will be a job for another day. We then mixed in the compost until we both had broken wrists and sore backs and it was getting dark and we had to stop. Check out the beds with the compost compared to the ones without now (at the back of the garden). There's such a difference in soil texture already, not to mention the nice rich colour. Dark soil = good soil!
5 of 8 beds with awesome new soil! |
So guess what this means? Almost time to start planting!!!!
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