Garden Preparations

Last week

I have a track record when it comes to gardening. I grow weeds. I have never had success getting the things that I want to grow. I am not satisfied with things staying that way. Therefore, I have sought out a mentor. Basically, I have a master gardener who is willing to work with me as a low (ok zero) skills apprentice. Last weekend, I started working on my first assignment in the west garden. (Yes, we have two.) The space was filled with dead leaves and crab grass. Last weekend, I raked out all the dead leaves and started turning over the soil. You can see in the back corner where I started. Then, it rained pretty much all week. Since it was pretty soggy, I did not get out during the week to do any more work.

Today

Today I was back out at it turning soil and raking the dead grass out of the lawn to use on the garden. Most of the area that will be used for planting vegetables this year has been turned. The part that remains is very slow going as it has a lot of crab grass that needs to be pulled out. This will be completed this next week.

Next week, I will be finishing raking the dead bits out of the rest of the lawn. I will also be beginning work on the east garden. It is in a lot worse shape than the east.