maricybele's Blog

I have a little hill in my backyard which I suspect is an old yard clippings and rabbit dung area because of the quality of the soil. It's nicer clay than the rest of the yard, and many more worms. I didn't want a tractor to go through there in the summer last year when the yard was looking great (there was a little yard tractor at my neighbors and they quoted me $200 to re grade) my lawn guy said he would do it for 300 bucks plus cost of rototiller but he didn't think a rototiller was going to the trick. Well, I have to get my asparagus in asap! And then next I need 3 more veggie beds which won't sit properly with the hill there. So I thought, what would Grandpa do? Well, he would get out his shovel, start moving and turning that soil !  Which is exactly what I am doing. It is a bit of a mess, but the soil is nice right now, easier to shovel and a little crumbly. It will probably take me about 4 more days to get it evened out the way I want it or at least decent.  I tootle around and don't like to spend too much time doing any one thing