I got the net fence from Katya today. We did a walk-through of the full plot I'm getting from her and the half plot she's getting from me. With the official (?) hand-over, I can really get started on the outdoor stuff.
In the past, we've paid one person who has hired someone to till, but there seems to be a problem finding someone this year. I really want to get to work on improving the soil. If the group isn't going to hire someone, I might just do my own plot myself.
I found a place to rent a tiller for a pretty good price. If I decide to rent it, I'll offer to do everyone's, but I'm a little nervous about the language barrier, timing, and politics. I'd have to clear out my station wagon to bring the tiller home and right now it's full of garden stuff.
If I don't rent, I'll do it myself with my new spading fork. I will definitely pull many, many muscles, and be sore for a long while, but it's a good sore and a nice chance to get dirty.
I have about 100 pounds of soil additives to fix up our silty, sandy soil. I'll need to double it for the full size plot. Manure didn't go very far in the smaller plot, I used about 120 pounds (3 packages). I think I'll need at least 300 pounds for the new space since it hasn't been take care of very well. Everything I have is in my car since I don't have any storage except my apartment. Things left alone outside will be stolen, even peat moss.
I'm planning a big day of buying, loading, and unloading all of the soil stuff. I'll need to get it all out of the packages and lightly worked at minimum so it can't be taken.
I'll take another day to layout the garden and built the arbor and climbing structure and put up the fence if there's time.
Another day to assemble and install the watering system and lay the outdoor carpet for walking paths. I'll have to dig in the cedar plank baffles to help with erosion and drainage.
We don't have access to water outside yet and the garden shed (tools, stakes and fencing) hasn't been unlocked. That will dictate when we can move plants around outside, but I've got plenty of things to do before I'm ready for that.
I'm very happy to get started.
I found a place to rent a tiller for a pretty good price. If I decide to rent it, I'll offer to do everyone's, but I'm a little nervous about the language barrier, timing, and politics. I'd have to clear out my station wagon to bring the tiller home and right now it's full of garden stuff.
If I don't rent, I'll do it myself with my new spading fork. I will definitely pull many, many muscles, and be sore for a long while, but it's a good sore and a nice chance to get dirty.
I have about 100 pounds of soil additives to fix up our silty, sandy soil. I'll need to double it for the full size plot. Manure didn't go very far in the smaller plot, I used about 120 pounds (3 packages). I think I'll need at least 300 pounds for the new space since it hasn't been take care of very well. Everything I have is in my car since I don't have any storage except my apartment. Things left alone outside will be stolen, even peat moss.
I'm planning a big day of buying, loading, and unloading all of the soil stuff. I'll need to get it all out of the packages and lightly worked at minimum so it can't be taken.
I'll take another day to layout the garden and built the arbor and climbing structure and put up the fence if there's time.
Another day to assemble and install the watering system and lay the outdoor carpet for walking paths. I'll have to dig in the cedar plank baffles to help with erosion and drainage.
We don't have access to water outside yet and the garden shed (tools, stakes and fencing) hasn't been unlocked. That will dictate when we can move plants around outside, but I've got plenty of things to do before I'm ready for that.
I'm very happy to get started.
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