We finally got the rototiller working yesterday, and today I used it to transform the garden area into a rich ocean of soft fluffy earth. This welcome development came after I had spent the last week working with a pitchfork and my hands to turn the soil and pull up the grass and weeds that covered the whole area. The space I am working in was originally a maze of bittersweet vines and bushes and has been a goat yard for the last 13 years. Hand tilling was very hard work!
Today Anthony (my boyfriend) and I constructed the first raised bed and planted radish, carrot, chard, cilantro, parsley and basil seedlings my sister sprouted for me. It's really starting to look like a garden, and it gets full sun from east to west all day long!
Now I need to lay out the rest of the paths and beds and get down to the real work of planting.
Hooray for machines that are worthwhile and useful!
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