Adapting to the...

Permit me to talk about the muddy garden again.

Yesterday I decided I just couldn't let the mud win, and aside from letting it all "go to thunder" as Gary would say, or changing the garden into a rice paddy, I knew I had to salvage what I could.

So I headed out into the mud to attempt a rescue operation.


  This wasn't even the deepest part...

I took the shovel with me and attacked the weeds between the rows. As I went I would pluck the weeds from between the vegetable plants.  I used the shovel to "skin off" the top inch or two and then flip it over. 


 The bigger weeds will regrow from the roots, but I think it will at least keep them from blooming and going to seed; not to mention prevent them from shading out the vegetables.  I forgot to take a pic of the row when I was finished. We are hoping for a few days grace from rain so the ground can dry enough to till.

Here is the expression of the gardener herself, that would be me, not complaining about the rain.  Ha!


This was on a particularly rare hot day last week, I believe, right before another storm arrived.  I put a wash cloth under my hat to keep the sweat out of my eyes. 


Comments

Donna. W said…
We're back in our usual drought, but I'm used to it after the last three years.
June 7, 2024 at 4:15 AM
Calfkeeper said…
Answering you from a couple of days later. I hope you've had some rain by now. At this moment we are under a rain storm that goes from the middle of Kansas and extends well up over your area.
June 9, 2024 at 5:44 AM
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