Spring cleaning
Remember the fuss I made last week about waiting until the gardens dried out a little more before starting to work in them?
Remember how I said that our footprints would compress the soggy soil and force out the air pockets that are as important to plant life as the nutrients in the soil?Remember how wet I said my own garden was? That the only thing that might be growing right now would be algae in the standing water?
Remember all that?Never mind.
I could not resist the beautiful weather. Nor could I ignore the date on the calendar.
There are only so many Saturdays that are fit enough to work in the yard. This was one of them, and I was out there.Keep reading to see the result.
Photo credit: Baltimore Sun/Susan Reimer
Comments
You aren't shredding and composting it?
Ok. No guilt trips allowed! Actually, it is picked up and taken to the county's compost pile, so I don't feel nearly as bad. My neighbor takes some for his compost and I put some in mine, but, like all the leaves in the fall, it is just too much to absorb. -- Susan
Posted by: Lazy Gardens | March 23, 2010 5:04 PM