July 27, 2010

  • Before and after

    I recently posted this picture of my garden, a bit overcome with weeds due to the rain that we have been enjoying.  I am not one to complain about rain after a long dry spell.  Especially when every car that comes into the driveway kicks up such a cloud of dust that it makes me cough and covers everything in its path in a light dusting of dirt. 

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    The dry spell also makes pulling weeds in the garden a bit difficult since the ground drys up and becomes hard as baked clay.  Even under the layer of mulch that I have spread between the beds in this garden was beginning to get a little bit dry.

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    After about 4 inches of rain the ground has become nice and soft and the weeds pull away as if the wish to be parted from the ground as quickly as I can pull them. 

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    I spent about four hours in the garden yesterday morning while it was still cool and the beds were still in the shade and Doug finished off in the evening when he came home from work.  The weeds were loaded into the garden cart and fed to the pigs who thought they had been given a rare treat.  A batch of broccoli and peppers were put into the freezer and fresh green beans were enjoyed by all for supper last night.  I'd say that was a good day's work and should last about a week or two depending on the amount of rain that we get between now and then.

Comments (7)

  • I'd say that was an excellent day's work.  4 hours in the garden would about finish me off, but then I'm a wee bit older than you.

  • wonderful! crazy as it is, I love weeding. 

  • Just came in from the yard. The were pea hens on the roof. Three of them. Changed up our summer morning. I was lavendar trimming. Nice when the the weeds want to flow on out without the strain.  I agree with @anvilsandedelweiss -I love weeding. Don't wear gloves much either. I think it's "grounding."

  • @anvilsandedelweiss - @Jaynebug - I like weeding too.  It is somewhat therapeutic.  I have taught myself to look at what is done and not at what is left to do.  Never wear gloves when I weed.  My fingers have learned the different feelings of the weeds and the vegetables.  When I get done my knees and hands are always caked with dirt and my face is usually streaked with it too. 

    @ata_grandma - Don't be fooled, by the time I was done I was walking like a septuagenarian and ready to sit in the hammock for the afternoon.  My hips and back protest at the thought of spending a morning in the garden but my mind overcomes the protestestations of my bones.

  • @perelandra30 - Yep! Sometimes find a spider hanging from my glasses.  

  • good job

  • I have so many weeds I can't believe and you are welcome to come and pull them to your heart's content!

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