#excavatorgardening — Public Fediverse posts

#Schwiemu gave us a tray of strawberry runners so I've picked a spot at former goat pen #1 (meanwhile turned into useless grass) for a perennial bed area.

Had enough for two rows and mulched it with some hay from one of the ancient bales in the barn.

There's space for other perennial stuff next to it and it hopefully shouldn't get in the way of anything there.

Some of these were a little small, but there were plenty of good ones so hopefully enough make it to propagate in the future. Strawberry jam is my favourite :)

Yes, I used the excavator to losen things up. Had it out anyways and this soil was super dense there. Jumping on the spade got old fast.

#Strawberry #Garden #Homestead #ExcavatorGardening

Relocating the kitchen garden after getting rid of the concrete around it.

You can nicely see the difference between the good soil and the clay rich stuff below in the spot where I scraped too deeply.

The big grading bucket moves dirt fast but unfortunately it just started raining, to my great annoyance. Sprinted out to rescue some stuff and now having coffee while hoping it doesn't get too muddy to continue. 😫

Like most excavator work, it requires a bit of strategy. Here I'm piling the good soil in the middle, then I'll have to move the bad soil over it to fill the gap left behind and then distribute the good soil in the new hole.

#Gardening #ExcavatorGardening #MiniExcavator #Homestead #Soil