Today hubby started on the first major reworking of the plot behind the barn. Since we plan to have gravel paths between the raised plant beds and the perimeter of the garden, we needed to dig trenches about 4 inches deep into which the two layers of gravel will go.
We had started yesterday to stake out the garden and since the ground is relatively dry and it was perfect weather, hubby decided he would get digging so we can get started full force when we return on Monday night…although it will more likely be Tuesday morning by the time anything useful gets done.
After a few hours of work it looks pretty good already. About half of the path is dug and come Tuesday we can begin working on the foundation of the greenhouse. The other side of the yard is a whole different story. There are quite a few plants that need to be transplanted to make room for the path and the raised flower beds. But as we are progressing we find that we enjoy gardening more than anticipated, so it’s all good. The key to this activity is a good spade. I will write a little more on that later today, but this is absolutely key. We bought one this morning at the home improvement store and hubby loves it. Apparently it got ranked “best spade” in one of the major home improvement magazines over here and it even comes with a 10 year warranty – I always thought gardening tools where a commodity product.
