Remember last year, when after 8 years on a waiting list I got my own community garden plot??!!
It's 25'x50', and it was a mess. But so much fun work!
So, this year, I had a bit of a head start, what with having tilled and worked it last year. But my tiller wouldn't start this year, so I dug the whole thing up by hand, and worked 2 big scoops of compost in it by hand. And here are the results.....
The day lilies and the spiderwort thrive in front of the little fence. The screens will eventually be fashioned into a gate....unless I can find something I like to use as a gate, instead.
It's so exciting to watch things sprout. There are tomatoes, potatoes, garlic, carrots, broccoli, peppers, lima beans, squash, corn, green beans, peas and zinnias.
Look at those potatoes in the background. So green and leafy! My first year for potatoes.
Closer up of the potatoes, some beans, garlic, carrots, broccoli.
And here is how I looked after several hours. Filthy. And so happy!
Where does the increased potential come in, you ask?
I've changed out my ride. The Malibu in the background is sold, and has been replaced by the big-green-'95 -Dodge-Ram1500-SLT-V8-Laramie-short bed.
*squeal!!*
So I can load and haul the free compost and mulch from the borough to my heart's content. I can shop the curb ANY day of the week.
Beyond delighted,
Carol (!)
