Preparation
The probability is that you already have some flowerbed/s or border/s of some description. But over here at the USG-Plot we’re not going to have much of a garden without the odd bed; so the last few weeks have been spent busy digging the ground in preparation for planting.
Having always been of the opinion
that I refuse to pay anyone to do something that I can quite easily do myself
for free it was pretty much a no-brainer that I’d get stuck into the spade work
and have everything lickety-split in no time.
So, time to set about digging a border. Phew. A little way into this I had to wonder if it wouldn’t have been easier to have hired a rotavator. However, having always taken a belt and braces approach to most, well everything, I have no knowledge of rotavators so am unsure if this would have just turned all the grass roots back into the soil awaiting a re-emergence with a vengeance at some future inopportune moment. So maybe the hours of backbreaking digging were the best long term solution to ensure the ground prep was done to achieve the best result in the long run.
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See slow daily progress as flowerbed develops along fence panels
It's probably a good idea to set a plumb line to avoid any weird deviation from a symmetrical course. There is actually one on all the above pictures (honest) but from the distance it's not showing up, you can though see it on this pic reproduced from the 'Welcome' page.
Were any worms harmed in the
making of this blog?
No, no worms were harmed in the making of this blog.
Progress would doubtless have been far quicker had we not spent endless time endeavouring to repatriate every single worm that could be wiggled or coaxed out of each clod of earth. But still we patiently waited and cajoled each one to ensure its safe passage from discarded sod to fresh and lovely pristine new bed.
Progress would doubtless have been far quicker had we not spent endless time endeavouring to repatriate every single worm that could be wiggled or coaxed out of each clod of earth. But still we patiently waited and cajoled each one to ensure its safe passage from discarded sod to fresh and lovely pristine new bed.
A safe worm is a happy worm.
Time for a nice cuppa
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