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Kitchen garden moved. Now the big spruce can stretch its roots without interfering with our vegetables.
And we can till the garden without bothering its roots. Which we'll do in a couple weeks - still risk of frost and snow in April. Will toss that compost back there on as well.
The compacted area will turn to grass eventually and we'll sprinkle some straw on until then.
Did a fair job with the grading this time. Even fixed a few low spots from before.
Now the rain can come!
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Kitchen garden moved. Now the big spruce can stretch its roots without interfering with our vegetables.
And we can till the garden without bothering its roots. Which we'll do in a couple weeks - still risk of frost and snow in April. Will toss that compost back there on as well.
The compacted area will turn to grass eventually and we'll sprinkle some straw on until then.
Did a fair job with the grading this time. Even fixed a few low spots from before.
Now the rain can come!
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Kitchen garden moved. Now the big spruce can stretch its roots without interfering with our vegetables.
And we can till the garden without bothering its roots. Which we'll do in a couple weeks - still risk of frost and snow in April. Will toss that compost back there on as well.
The compacted area will turn to grass eventually and we'll sprinkle some straw on until then.
Did a fair job with the grading this time. Even fixed a few low spots from before.
Now the rain can come!
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Kitchen garden moved. Now the big spruce can stretch its roots without interfering with our vegetables.
And we can till the garden without bothering its roots. Which we'll do in a couple weeks - still risk of frost and snow in April. Will toss that compost back there on as well.
The compacted area will turn to grass eventually and we'll sprinkle some straw on until then.
Did a fair job with the grading this time. Even fixed a few low spots from before.
Now the rain can come!
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Beam #2 lifted out well enough, but then I had to flip it and slide it over some thick old log so I could reach it with the tractor.
Each beam then needed me to push the tail end around the corner so it would go through the back gate without mowing the post down.
The yard is an absolute mess now, I've patched it a bit with the rake and will compact it down when this is done. Grass always grows back anyways.
Was hoping to get a matching pair of these giant beams and look, I even got a triplet (one came from the main garden cleanup last year). That'll be useful soon.
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Next job: Removing the concrete pylons that formed a foundation for a greenhouse that must've collapsed some time ago.
We want our kitchen garden in that area (the soil is great), but a bit further from the big spruce as its roots compete with anything we tried to grow there last year.
The huge concrete beam is a little on the heavy side for my machines. You can see the excavator at tipping point there, but just about lifting it and I did wheelies on the tractor but managed to drag it out the back gate with some tricks.
One more to go.
#Garden #Gardening #Excavator #ExcavatorGardening #MiniExcavator #Concrete #Homestead #Digging #DIY
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Next job: Removing the concrete pylons that formed a foundation for a greenhouse that must've collapsed some time ago.
We want our kitchen garden in that area (the soil is great), but a bit further from the big spruce as its roots compete with anything we tried to grow there last year.
The huge concrete beam is a little on the heavy side for my machines. You can see the excavator at tipping point there, but just about lifting it and I did wheelies on the tractor but managed to drag it out the back gate with some tricks.
One more to go.
#Garden #Gardening #Excavator #ExcavatorGardening #MiniExcavator #Concrete #Homestead #Digging #DIY
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Next job: Removing the concrete pylons that formed a foundation for a greenhouse that must've collapsed some time ago.
We want our kitchen garden in that area (the soil is great), but a bit further from the big spruce as its roots compete with anything we tried to grow there last year.
The huge concrete beam is a little on the heavy side for my machines. You can see the excavator at tipping point there, but just about lifting it and I did wheelies on the tractor but managed to drag it out the back gate with some tricks.
One more to go.
#Garden #Gardening #Excavator #ExcavatorGardening #MiniExcavator #Concrete #Homestead #Digging #DIY
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Next job: Removing the concrete pylons that formed a foundation for a greenhouse that must've collapsed some time ago.
We want our kitchen garden in that area (the soil is great), but a bit further from the big spruce as its roots compete with anything we tried to grow there last year.
The huge concrete beam is a little on the heavy side for my machines. You can see the excavator at tipping point there, but just about lifting it and I did wheelies on the tractor but managed to drag it out the back gate with some tricks.
One more to go.
#Garden #Gardening #Excavator #ExcavatorGardening #MiniExcavator #Concrete #Homestead #Digging #DIY