Big day in the garden today

i had quite a busy day today. i started out by emptying my compost bins into the garden. i have 27 rows, 19 of which got a top dressing of compost. 5 of the 8 remaining had gotten ash and chicken manure earlier, while three got a dressing of just ash. i got all of it turned under and wanted to dig holes for my trellis posts, but i seem to have misplaced my post-hole diggers!

this year's garden is twice the size of my previous garden. i am going to lay 4-6 inches of leaf litter mulch in between rows because i HATE weeding.

and to top it off, i found three volunteer scarlet runner beans that i salvaged and put in containers in the greenhouse. Whew! Pictures will be posted soon, after i resize them. It is officially beer thirty!

 

With all that work... I think I would have had at least a couple of beers by now. :-D

 

You have been busy today and the timing is right, I just had my beer. Looking forward to the pictures.

Jerry

 

some pics of today


my mother hiding amongst her azaleas! ( photo / image / picture from razyrsharpe's Garden )






my mother hiding amongst her azaleas! ( photo / image / picture from razyrsharpe's Garden )






empty compost bins! ( photo / image / picture from razyrsharpe's Garden )






compost laid out. a persimmon tree i want to move. mom says no. ( photo / image / picture from razyrsharpe's Garden )






i am repurposing bed frames as trellises! ( photo / image / picture from razyrsharpe's Garden )






i am repurposing bed frames as trellises! ( photo / image / picture from razyrsharpe's Garden )






my cats approve of the work. ( photo / image / picture from razyrsharpe's Garden )






another angle. gosh i'm tired. ( photo / image / picture from razyrsharpe's Garden )

 

sorry about the reposts. i hate the upload tool on this site. too many clicks to get one pic up. i forget which ones i did or didn't post by the time i'm done... alzheimer's?

 

that's one heck of an Azalea! Beautiful!
Yep.... that was alot of work... but it sure looks good.
Go ahead and have another beer, you deserve it.

 

Please tell your mother that she is cute, peaking out from those huge azaleas.

Congrats on all that work. I am impressed.

 

That's an azalea forest! Beautiful though.

 

That is alot of work and I'm sure the harvest is going to be bountiful.

 

Looking good razyrsharpe! Can't wait to see those rows all planted up and growing. Those Azalea's are GORGEOUS!