Spent a good part of yesterday and today digging in the field off our driveway to put in a vegetable garden. Much nicer soil than where the garden used to be. Nice, dark, rich-looking with plenty of wigglies in it. Wet, too. Veggies should do well.
The old garden had too much clay soil and things didn’t grow well. After 3 seasons, it was time for a change.
As it was still snowing just a few weeks ago, and there was a frost advisory early last week, this weekend’s developments are welcome. Long-term weather shows NO danger of frost. Finally! Going outside is safe! 😉
I found cheap fencing today, so the original 15′ x 25′ will be expanded to be 25′ x 25′ . Some old fencing may be employed to expand on that, or may be for a smaller garden for other stuff.
I may just be tempted, for “accountability” sake, to post photos and updates throught the year. I had planned on doing that these past few years, but the results weren’t impressive.
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I my region clay soil is the rule and when i fist turned over the soil fifteen years ago the water would just run off. After many years of adding compost, manure and peat moss it has become quite fertile. I makes reflect how God and his infinant well of mercy groom us year after year to perfect our soles. Of course soil merely responds passively to our interventions we make working in harmony with the created order of nature. As human beings we can chose to be open to Gods grace or in opposition. Of course through painful histories and distorted ideas we may unwittingly oppose Gods work. fear not God accepts were we are and requires only our desire to serve him and give our lives over to him.
Thank you, Timothy!