The Adventures of 'The Kidds'

It was a beautiful weekend and so we had to be outside. There is a lot to do, so luckily some friends wanted to be outside as well, so we accomplished quite a bit.
Thanks to Terry’s tiller, Paul was able to till the entire garden, and it looks ready to plant.. And Ricardo and I were able to make our way through about a third of the dirt pile, left behind after the geothermal installation, and tried to get atleast the big rocks that were on top. Just like we did last year after we replaced the water main. Its interesting how rocky this soil is just down a little, but the top part isn’t that rocky, so stuff grows quite well. Anyway we took some of the rocks, and I used them to edge the flower beds around the house. It looks nice, just that little bit of work, just makes it look so different. I’ll post some pictures in a few days, but I need to finish the last flower bed in front of the house then I’ll take some pictures. Maybe I should take a picture of the back one now, but I need to finish weeding that first, too. So just be patient and I’ll have pictures.

I spent a few hours on Saturday, clearing the garden, and tilling to be ready for next year.  After Paul spent time this summer fixing the tiller up and making it run like new, I spent several hours tiling so the garden is almost ready for next year.  I think I need to put something on top of the soil so it will be ready to plant for the fall, but I’m not exactly sure what I should put on it.  I read somewhere that I should put peat moss and compost on top of the soil and then as it snows and it freezes and melts the nutrients are supposed to seep into the soil to make it better for next year.  Any thoughts?  It seems a little silly that I am asking advice about compost and that sort of stuff, but its about gardening, someone should have some insite for me.

Paul and I have been working on a tiller that Paul’s father-in-law is letting us use. He hadn’t used it in like 7 years so paul and I have been working on it. Well we finally got it working today, over lunch, here is a picture of the success.