D'vorahDavida
Yetzirah

Today was the day. For filling the garden beds. It started out overcast and fairly cool. But by the second half of the job it was afternoon and a bit too sunny for my taste. Thank goodness I had help. N. was there to make the job go faster. Otherwise I think it would have killed me outright. I still feel a little woozie. The dirt pile looks like mice have chewed all around it. There will be plenty of good manure for some time to come. I have one more bed to construct out of the telephone pole and I could spread some of this on the rest of the garden before winter. Though I'll have to borrow a rototiller. And now there's no chance of moving furniture in the garden. Those beds are in their place. We think they will need topped off a bit as I expect the soil to settle somewhat, and I'm going to cover them with plastic to keep the rains .. [oh let them come!] from leeching all the good stuff out of the soil over winter...[oh let it come!] I am ready for the seed catalogs. Perhaps this next year I'll be able to grow lima beans. I love those when they are homegrown. And perhaps I can actually get some parsnips to thrive. We shall see. At least I'll know I have done the best I can in preparing. It was a good day's work. But Lordy, I think I'm going to be sore in the morning....