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thebitterguySo, today was a nice day. Cynra & I hit the garden like a shotgun (bang bang!) this morning. She took her car in for tire rotation and when she got back we got a rototiller from Stevenson's Rent All.
First, we stripped another 2.25 square meters of sod off, then tilled the native soil, black earth du sac, alfalfa pellets and municipal and personal compost into the entire garden to make one delightful growing region. The tiller was quite a nice tool.
The compost heap, which we've never actually openned before, smelled a little bit like poo. Or there may have been some wild animal poo next to it, which would suck.
We have some plants sprouting in the (God willing) nursery, and they should be ready to plant next weekend.
Actually, some of them are ready to plant now, but since there'll be a frost this week, we decided not to risk it.
However, that's one thing that did get on my nerves this week. I wanted to get some peat pots to plant them in so they could just get popped into the ground to grow.
So, I went to the Superstore's garden department. No. Canadian Tire? Nope. Home Hardware? Sorry! Loblaws? Uh uh. Rona? Not here!
Cynra tried a couple fo the hardcore garden stores, and they had naught, although one did give her a few plastic pots to grow things in.
Seriously, are they that small an item? Surely I'm not the only person who wants to put their plant in a pot made of peat for protection before preparing to plant them after the perilous period of poor planting has passed?
Ah, well.
First, we stripped another 2.25 square meters of sod off, then tilled the native soil, black earth du sac, alfalfa pellets and municipal and personal compost into the entire garden to make one delightful growing region. The tiller was quite a nice tool.
The compost heap, which we've never actually openned before, smelled a little bit like poo. Or there may have been some wild animal poo next to it, which would suck.
We have some plants sprouting in the (God willing) nursery, and they should be ready to plant next weekend.
Actually, some of them are ready to plant now, but since there'll be a frost this week, we decided not to risk it.
However, that's one thing that did get on my nerves this week. I wanted to get some peat pots to plant them in so they could just get popped into the ground to grow.
So, I went to the Superstore's garden department. No. Canadian Tire? Nope. Home Hardware? Sorry! Loblaws? Uh uh. Rona? Not here!
Cynra tried a couple fo the hardcore garden stores, and they had naught, although one did give her a few plastic pots to grow things in.
Seriously, are they that small an item? Surely I'm not the only person who wants to put their plant in a pot made of peat for protection before preparing to plant them after the perilous period of poor planting has passed?
Ah, well.
