tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post6169261788184142569..comments2023-12-28T09:18:23.932-05:00Comments on The Gardener of Eden: New Garden Plots......Day 1........OMG!!!Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220238404223196571noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-26572705050229394352012-03-19T13:11:23.219-04:002012-03-19T13:11:23.219-04:00I'm not going to lolly gag around getting this...I'm not going to lolly gag around getting this done! It may take me a couple of weeks to get it level, fencing up and beds in. I've got veggies to plant. I know it will take many all year to not get much done!Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220238404223196571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-63237806052333696592012-03-19T13:09:00.697-04:002012-03-19T13:09:00.697-04:00That's a great idea Liz! Hopefully I will loos...That's a great idea Liz! Hopefully I will loose my winter fat getting this site ready!Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220238404223196571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-44733413830627469442012-03-19T08:16:39.871-04:002012-03-19T08:16:39.871-04:00I don't hold with the softly softly approach. ...I don't hold with the softly softly approach. Get stuck in and you'll be relaxing when others make the pain last a whole year!The Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345021580985320660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-80729227934276638782012-03-19T06:43:13.505-04:002012-03-19T06:43:13.505-04:00Great exercise regime, do you think they could inc...Great exercise regime, do you think they could include it in the olympics - this looks perfect training for London.Lizhttp://www.suburbantomato.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-9210558481555985982012-03-19T06:17:38.149-04:002012-03-19T06:17:38.149-04:00Sue, If Dora was the garden coordinator last fall,...Sue, If Dora was the garden coordinator last fall, it would have be tilled and we would be in much better shape right now. She is a great gardener and hard worker and will push as much as she can to get things done for us. We are just going to have to deal with what we have.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220238404223196571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-1633379161242881582012-03-19T05:49:03.756-04:002012-03-19T05:49:03.756-04:00It's such a pity they didn't get there act...It's such a pity they didn't get there act together so you could do some preparation over winter - maybe then the frost would have broken down the lumps a bit too! Still better late than never!Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-60531713427069248022012-03-19T05:39:34.388-04:002012-03-19T05:39:34.388-04:00Ed, I just have to make sure that I keep my old sw...Ed, I just have to make sure that I keep my old sweat shirt with me to wrap around my behind! Just in case!Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220238404223196571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-398933996763102502012-03-19T05:36:33.968-04:002012-03-19T05:36:33.968-04:00I got more done then I thought I would. Now for da...I got more done then I thought I would. Now for day 2!Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220238404223196571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-19276110682399091892012-03-19T05:35:43.450-04:002012-03-19T05:35:43.450-04:00That's the only way to do it, one bite at a ti...That's the only way to do it, one bite at a time. I really don't think I'm going to till this. I'm pretty much an anti-tiller. There are so many nice big worms. I'll just keep layering on top and let the worms do their thing!Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220238404223196571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-14998193544323425312012-03-19T05:32:14.117-04:002012-03-19T05:32:14.117-04:00Thanks Erin, I really didn't know what I was g...Thanks Erin, I really didn't know what I was going to do when I first got there. This seems to be the only way to do it. I started my beds here at the house on top of solid clay. I put paper down over the grass and added compost and soil. I add compost to these beds twice a year and the beds are nice and deep now.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220238404223196571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-88530459984530627772012-03-19T05:21:48.888-04:002012-03-19T05:21:48.888-04:00Digging out and then shaking sod out of a new area...Digging out and then shaking sod out of a new area is the worst! I'm sure you'll have it done soon. The way your approaching the problem is the best way, slow and ateady. Of course, that is providing that your wardobe holds out :)Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09433165045195052022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-46090053842205134792012-03-18T21:47:24.005-04:002012-03-18T21:47:24.005-04:00Sounds like you did well for your first day.Sounds like you did well for your first day.becky3086https://www.blogger.com/profile/01026872543168452124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-34898474933034235152012-03-18T20:29:22.980-04:002012-03-18T20:29:22.980-04:00Finally! Day one whoopee! It sounds like you have ...Finally! Day one whoopee! It sounds like you have a good plan. I can't wait to see things begin developing. We have an elephant in our garden too. We've got to turn the compost and shredded trees into the dirt. We don't even own a tiller! It's been a dilemma for us. Tomorrow I'll turn a row for peas at least, maybe another one for broccoli and cabbage. Like you said, one bite at a time! Happy fencing.Jodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05442310215979259623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-16299771261210251562012-03-18T20:13:19.821-04:002012-03-18T20:13:19.821-04:00You are ready to move to hills somewhere LOL... yo...You are ready to move to hills somewhere LOL... you already have that backbreaking work of turning sod and picking rocks out down to a science! A true homesteader girl :)Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-49284669180597373122012-03-18T19:27:38.171-04:002012-03-18T19:27:38.171-04:00Ugh is right! I wrapped my sweat shirt around my b...Ugh is right! I wrapped my sweat shirt around my behind and finished what I was doing. It did give me an excuse to go home though. If not, I probably would have over done it today.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220238404223196571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-10082584081489620612012-03-18T19:26:34.367-04:002012-03-18T19:26:34.367-04:00Granny, this is going to take a lot of work. I cou...Granny, this is going to take a lot of work. I could have gotten more done if I didn't spend two hours at the old plots. I'm going to shoot for 15' tomorrow.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220238404223196571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-48465486587406228062012-03-18T19:25:14.268-04:002012-03-18T19:25:14.268-04:00Little by little is the only way to get something ...Little by little is the only way to get something like this done. I was lucky that the other two gardeners were no where near me!Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220238404223196571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-85692201265626283262012-03-18T19:23:43.398-04:002012-03-18T19:23:43.398-04:00I just wrapped my sweat shirt around my behind and...I just wrapped my sweat shirt around my behind and finished!Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220238404223196571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-62955897016124118322012-03-18T19:23:38.385-04:002012-03-18T19:23:38.385-04:00Ugh! I don't envy you. Shaking out those clump...Ugh! I don't envy you. Shaking out those clumps and leveling off the soil looks hard. So did you head for home when your jeans gave away? Or did you just continue working?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129119492962711399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-92230417832304482432012-03-18T19:11:38.254-04:002012-03-18T19:11:38.254-04:00Don't you know it's not nice to moon peopl...Don't you know it's not nice to moon people? ;-)<br /><br />I gave myself an 8' a day goal, the distance between 2 fence posts. That worked pretty well for me, and I sometimes actually exceeded the distance. Like that elephant, the rough parts are getting smaller day by day, bit by bit. I must admit, yours looks much more daunting than mine.Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-3989740782958054302012-03-18T18:11:33.052-04:002012-03-18T18:11:33.052-04:00Oh me - you are so right about the elephant analog...Oh me - you are so right about the elephant analogy. My mantra when doing work like that is "it's hard by the yard, but a cinch by the inch". That's helped me through many a gardening session!<br /><br />At least you didn't have your 'wardrobe malfunction" in front of a big crowd! :-)Dave @ HappyAcreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441364543023807886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215310042560560686.post-80363128626869844882012-03-18T17:45:26.173-04:002012-03-18T17:45:26.173-04:00You made me laugh so hard about your jeans. The th...You made me laugh so hard about your jeans. The thing about gardenrs is that we just keep planting and ignore the rip. Maybe I should keep a pair of exrta leggings around just in case. They never rip, maybe they get holes, but they just keep stretching and stretching, which create other issues.Tomato Thymeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08230293839907441174noreply@blogger.com