This morning, after going to town and delivering seed packets to the post office, I came home and jumped on the riding lawn mower to chop debris in the gardens. As Will and Drew were pulling tomato cages and stakes in the Wolf Garden, I went down to the Sand Garden and started mowing. It was nice to get it chopped clean but boy oh boy, the wind sure blew chaff in my face when I turned to mow against the wind! Yuck! I’ve got debris under my shirt and jeans too. Shower for sure tonight!
After I got done out there, I drove the mower to the Wolf Garden, where Will and Drew were working. They had three rows of tomato cages and stakes pulled so I went down and pulled out all the variety name stakes. Then I hopped on the baby Kubota and started tilling. I had planned on only tilling where the asparagus will be planted. But the soil was perfect, so I kept up, nearly tilling the whole garden, some of it twice or even three times to break up the heavy hay mulch that was between the tomatoes.
Finally, I got pretty pooped out and quit while they still had a few bean trellises to pull. By the time I’d gotten home with the lawn mower, grabbed them something to drink and started back, I met them coming back on the four-wheeler. It was all done! Tomorrow I’ll finish up tilling out there and see how the Sand Garden tills. I do need to move a half bale of hay Will was using for mulch out of the way. But it should scoot along with the bucket of the baby Kubota just fine.
The wolves were howling fairly close, so we didn’t see hide nor hair of the fox last night. That was probably a good choice for the fox. Hondo went out and howled with the wolf for a while. Then he/they moved on and all was quiet. I thought I heard Wood Frogs croaking last night in the beaver pond! Yep, spring is here. — Jackie
