My birthday present this year was something I'd wanted for many years... a garden tiller. It's a refurb, true, but I love it! A front tine, so it does tend to beat the piss out of anyone behind the controls. Still, it does the job, and for the garden size we usually put in, it's a necessity. This year I extended the width of the garden by about 5 feet. That makes the overall garden about 25' x about 50' (or so, I've never measured). Not a bad sized garden considering it's all hand-tended, minimal equipment (except the tiller). I have the plants and seeds ready to go, but have been waiting for the night-time temps to cooperate. It still gets quite cool at night, close to freezing recently. So the plants are waiting. Plus, I wanted a couple back-to-back days off to get everything in at once.
However, I wanted to start prepping as soon as I could. The soil is nice and rich, if a little dry. I turned the whole thing this morning and evening. The girls have been instructed to rake out any loose vegetation. Then on Saturday, I'll turn it again and the girls will rake once more. The idea being the less wild vegetation left in the soil, the fewer weeds we'll have to fight back later in the growing season.
I discovered though that I will need to add some new tomato stakes or cages, I'm down to just a few left.
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