Yes, I wanted a
garden bed in front of the fence for a long time. But just the thought of
digging that soil to make it, let me
very doubtful it would ever happen.
Then when the pile
of freshly excavated dirt kept growing during the making of The Shed, I started
making plans and finally went into
action.
After three days and
34 wheelbarrows (only 20 {woman} shovel full at a time though) of rich and heavy soil (wet with the showers) going up the driveway,
I finally had the start of my garden bed…
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I won my bet with
Svenne who said I would only need a third of it and I used over half of it...
Planting all the
cuttings I had made previously was much
easier and hopefully will grow better. (I call it "Determination"...
We bought 2 large
bales of hay mulch, which fitted snugly and perfectly in the trailer.
And after spreading
it generously around the plants it now
looks like a real garden bed. The rain we've had recently is helping them and (as a bonus), I've noticed a few nasturtium
plants starting to shoot (from the seeds that were in the relocated soil from
the shed).
My next project is
to weed out the rest of the place and
spread mulch. I swear weeds start growing back as soon as you turn your back on
them. Hopefully the mulch will slow them down a bit, ...for a while at least.
Meanwhile, the
bananas are getting bigger, (when will
they ripen???)
The passion fruits,
chokoes, oranges, custard apples and
lemons are producing more than we
can eat.
Free lemons
anyone???
