We started clearing the sod off our garden site, and it's a lot more work than I thought it would be. We rented a sod-cutter on Saturday and cut it into strips. I thought we'd just roll up the strips, move them across the yard (we're layering the sod over a low spot to fill it) and voila! we'd be ready to rototill by dinnertime. Well, no. The sod is incredibly heavy, even on a relatively dry day. We had to cut the strips into 3 foot lengths and make lots of little rolls just so we could lift them. If we rolled up a whole stip we'd never be able to move it, it'd be a sod boulder! We got two strips moved on saturday... and then it rained. Hard. Which did not make the sod any lighter.
This is one of those projects that is going to take a while. I want a garden NOW, so its frustrating, but the truth is it's still really early so I wouldn't be able to plant much yet anyhow. I just have to keep telling myself that...
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I went overboard on the starts this year...I just can't help myself. I have gotten over the guilt of thinning the young sprouts, though. Only the strongest survive! Anyway, I've got lots of babies for you to stick into your new garden in about six weeks! I'll be posting a list on my blog- you can pick and choose anything you want. So do you and Gabe have bulging biceps, or what?
Uhhhh...make that you and Cary. Doh!
Yeah, Cary's the one with the bulging biceps.
I have lots of bulges, but not very many of them are in the bicep area, unfortunately! ;)
I'll be happy to take some extra starts off your hands in a few weeks. As for thinning - go for it. Better to have one strapping healthy young cucumber than 6 straggly weak ones!
yeh- I ended up in that six scraggly category last year. I learned my lesson, and I have no shame ripping out baby plants by their weak little rootlets....mmmuuuuaaahhahahhahahaaaa (evil laugh)
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