Next time it rains, out comes the Sevin granules.
I forgot about something. Tunnel area used to be a garden so soil was fluffy so the 150 lb Pyrenees dug laying spots. I have some leveling to do. Also need something to build beds with so I’m going to dig 3” of soil from aisles for that.
Got some weeds on one side but they’re tender and shallow rooted so I’m going to pull instead of tarping. Pulled grass last fall.
That 6” of rain did me right. Soil is perfectly workable all through the tunnel. Seen some wormies.
I use cardboard and wood ship between my beds. Smothers almost all the weeds well except along the very edges of the beds.
I figure some day it will be well composted and then I can add it to a new raised bed. or to help replenish an old one.
“That 6” of rain did me right. Soil is perfectly workable all through the tunnel. Seen some wormies.”
I always feel bad if I accidentally harm any Earthworms or Red Wigglers when I’m planting in my beds. :(
Night Crawlers, though? THOSE are BAIT! Lots of fun Summer Friday Nights with the boys and flashlights, ‘harvesting’ those MONSTERS for fishing on the weekend. ;)
Do you have Night Crawlers down south, or is that a Yankee Thang? I really don’t know!
After sitting out there thinking about it, I'm not going to dig the aisles down to build the beds up. I just know they'll become a pool being low. Might just get planted flat this Spring. Fluff up the beds and they're automatically raised slightly.
Got my middle bed(3) shifted over. I had eyeballed the center of the tunnel last fall and was a few inches off. Bed 2 is ready to go. Bed 4 needs weeds pulled so I'll do that tomorrow. Beds 1 and 5 are on the sides where I'll need to walk to install the drop down sides.
I had two garden spades but they lived outside so the handles rotted off. I don't even know where the fork ends are. Think I might just make me a broadfork. Johnny's has 15" broadforks have four tines and I have four pieces of rebar 9" long and metal for frame and handle/handles and 15" is half the bed width. Could be 12" and still loosen a 15" wide strip. Maybe a t-handle at chest height.