As I've stated before, we don't own a tiller. A 25' x 40' patch of dirt is a little tough to break down into planting material without some kind of mechanical help. So my husband, FarmBoy MacGyver that he is, took a 60 year old disk we were using as a lawn ornament & hitched it up to the back of his four wheeler (we live in the country, people...we can use old farming equipment & other junk as decor...I have a pink sink in my flowerbed).When the kids & I got home from church he was nearly finished turning the garden over by hand & had made a few passes with the disk. It wasn't heavy enough to dig deep, so he had me drive the AVT while he stood on the disk. Extreme gardening? Disk Surfing? Death by Lawn Decor? Call it what you will. It worked. Thank God he's a country boy!
We also made a quick trip to Rural King to get fertilizer, a new garden hoe, seeds, & a garden weasel. While there we ran into Uncle Gick & Unkie Di. Husband & Uncle Gick talked tillers & gardening. Just after Husband came in for the evening, Uncle Gick pulled up the drive hauling Bucka's tiller. So Husband has now dug, disked, tilled, fertilized, & planted onions & carrots. We are officially gardening!
I'm going to have some serious canning & freezing to do this summer. Guess I should start figuring out what I want to do now so we can plant accordingly. BTW, Kork, can I have your tomato sauce recipe (I know your Italian self doesn't go for Ragu) so I can can fresh homemade marinara? That just sounds yummy!
We're putting the FarmHands to work too. What exactly are your thoughts on child labor? Don't worry, we're not paying them...so technically it's child slave labor. I'm all for it. But unfortunately, they only work about 3 1/2 minutes before demanding Popsicles. We won't get far that way.
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Whoa! That puts my puny vegie patch to shame!
good gravy that's huge!!! I'm wincing at baby girl..Out there with a hoe and flip-flops..OUCH!!!!
Rats...you did beat us on size...of course, I'm not sure that a 25 by 40 plot would fit in my backyard, due to the shape of the yard...
I'll post my incredibly difficult recipe for home-made marinara on WGC sometime today when Capt Chaos isn't attempting to close the laptop lid with his head...
I'm jealous your kiddos are old enough to really help...we spent the better part of yesterday telling CC to put the dirt back into the boxes...But I'll post more about that sometime today as well!
Holy tilled plot Batman! I hope you have a great growing season. My mom used to have a tiered garden at their old house and they got a lot of good stuff out of it. In fact, they grew so much basil that they used to freeze what was left over. There would be blocks and blocks of frozen basil in the freezer.
(note: below comment is entirely in jest and not in any way serious)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't people have children precisely because they are free sources of labor? And, what's with the 3.5 minutes of work paid with popscicles?! I guess with the rate of inflation, though...
Your little patch is bigger than my whole back yard. I'm not kidding.
My parents made me pull weeds and pick veggies in the garden... and look at me now.. no veggie garden yet, but I love flowers! I do need to buy some cherry tomato plants for my bug green pot.
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