Re: Inspiration from the Garden!
We have purchased some heavily wooded property that has never had a garden. So, we are working on starting a garden there.
I have a new appreciation, and admiration for my ancestors! We rototilled up the area where we are putting the garden, but now I have to go back through by hand, and pull out all the rocks, weeds, roots, grass, twigs by hand. I spent two hours yesterday with a steel rake, hoe, and pitchfork, and I was EXHAUSTED!
How did they do it? I can't imagine the exhaustion that you would feel working like this all day, day after day! I only did it for two hours.
I still haven't planted yet. I'm trying to recover today from the efforts of yesterday.
Has anyone started a garden from a forest floor before? Any tips? One good thing is that we have about 2 feet of beautiful top soil to work with.
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