Few people in this world understand the IMPORTANCE Of MULCH! ;)
Little Missy boxwood #1 is in the ground! Started at 7:30 (44° - perfect for digging in a T-shirt & staying cool!) & with MULTIPLE breaks, finished around 10:30. The top 2-3” is semi-decent soil & then it’s solid red clay, awful stuff.
My (surgical) knee did great stepping down on a shovel; however, my back needs a break so I’m not hauling mulch & topsoil for a while - that’s a full sun situation, too.
Sitting in a lawn chair staring & musing about how I want my two raised beds to be situated, knowing I have 4 metal beds at the old garden coming here, whenever I can dig them out.
Another thing I can do before I start shoveling mulch .... set the trap for that blankety-blank ground hog. I have an apple & some overripe oranges I’m going to try for bait.