A whole lotta digging

There was a whole lot of digging done today.

The Boy took charge and led the younger two kiddos into digging in what we've been calling "The Pit."  He would dig and fill three small buckets.  He'd hand them to The Girl who would dump them on one of the big dirt piles.  There's now only one major raised section in the bottom of the pit.

 

 

Once I finished mowing the lawn, I joined in.  I lengthened The Trench down to what I think is the end.  I'm pretty sure I'm done with the woods end of the trench now.  Once I finished that I started digging from The Pit side.

All told, we moved the following amount of dirt:

• The Trench - 4.2 cu yd
• The Pit - 1.04 cu yd

Dead electric fence

I neglected to mention that our electric fence isn't happy.  Apparently, you really can't use T-post clamps on U-posts.  

Thankfully Wifey has ordered U-post clamps a few days ago when we first noticed that some of the clamps were cracking.

Chick on bar

I mowed the lawn earlier today.  Nothing all that notable except for seeing one of the Rhode Islands checking me out from a roosting bar in the new run.  Cute!

Still more trench digging

I was able to do some more digging in the trench today.  I did a 2’x2’x12”, a 5.5’x2’x32”, and 3’x2’x12” sections in the trench.  That amounts to 1.46 cubic yards.

 

More greenhouse digging

I did some digging in the greenhouse pit this afternoon.  For a change of scenery, I worked on the drainage trench.  In addition to the section where the little kids had been digging, I now have added two other sections of trench. 

There's a deeper section added on that's 48" long x 32" deep x 24" wide.  Butted up to that is a smaller section that's 24" long x 24" wide x 12" deep.  All that adds up to 0.94 cubic yards.

The new bit is the dark section in the foreground.

Once we're done, the trench will be going farther toward the top of the picture.

Pepper flowers!

A while back I wondered about the feasibility of growing pepper plants as perennials.  I planted some seeds into a homemade terrarium.  They've grown nice and lovely tall.

And now ==> insert dramatic pause here <== they have flowers!

The last of the Spring produce?

This evening, Wifey proudly showed me this picture she took of the bounty she harvested from the garden.  She'd noticed that some of the leafy greens were starting to bolt and decided that enough was enough: time to pick the rest.

There were a few more heads of both green and purple cabbage and 2-3 more cauliflower heads as far as I'm aware.  She thought that the cabbage might be a bit worm-eaten, though.  I guess we'll check in another day or two and make a final decision.

I have to say -- I'm quite happy about getting back a fair amount of more garden space to work with.  I want to plant some more beans and tomatoes.  I also have some experiments (louffa) that I'd like to try.  We could use the room.