My peas are up and doing well - really starting to climb. I am swamped ... my two new raised beds got constructed Monday night & now I have to haul the dirt to fill them from the pile in the back field. Each will take 45 5-gallon buckets. I have Leaf Gro (7 bags each) to add so that saves hauling a few buckets. I’ve already bought 16 plants for the garden - need at least one of the new beds (plus the two old ones) to plant them all so that’s “motivation” to get one of the new beds completed.
I just got off the mower after almost 3 hours of mowing fields. The good news about that is I’m using a new zero-turn mower that was delivered yesterday. It is FAST compared to my 10 year old lawn tractor. I’ve got lots of catch-up mowing to do since the belt broke on the old mower & that didn’t get fixed for a couple of days plus we’ve had rain. One thing is for certain - I need to practice my driving skills on the new mower & will be using the old one for a while to trim close around the redbuds & rose bushes. Going around big trees I can manage, but the small stuff would get run over for sure at this point - there’s a definite learning curve. :-)
At 3 hours mowing , you might have enough to bale ! :)
We don’t have a riding lawn mower, but we do have one that has a drive on it, which helps. I am sure that there is quite a learning curve for a riding mower.
Hauling dirt is a chore. Hubby has wheeled in a lot of stuff using the wheelbarrow. With our tree placement, it’s impossible to get dirt hauled in to the back yard, so they dump a big pile in the front right next to the driveway, and he wheels it to where he wants it.