I mentioned previously that I have about 500 Spring bulbs to plant. That is going to take some time, but my drill auger does make it a lot easier to create 6" holes. And that I have about 2 cubic yards of topsoil/compost mix to use up. I bought it loose-dumped into a trailer for filling 11 ten gallon pots and way over-estimated the requirements.
Well, at least I have good use for the excess. My raised framed garden bed soil has settled 4" lower over the years. And I can cast some of it thinly over Fall-planted meadow and pollinator seeds I have to plant soon.
But I messed up an order with the local DIY store. I have cheap 6" plastic edging around a bed in the front lawn. It keeps heaving up in Winter and has no strength and is hard to mow around. So I looked at concrete edgers
that are designed to allow curves (notice the round right and the curved left). And 12" pavers to both support them and create a "no grass zone" on 4" inside and out of the border.
Have you ever planned to order something, then decided not to, but discovered you did? Well, a 4'x4'x4' pallet arrived Wensday while I was still in bed (I never even heard them unloading it). Now I have to pull up the bad plastic edging, dig a 2"deep x12"wide trench around the bed (about 60') for the pavers to sit at ground level (so I can mow across the edges and have no grass growing there), and pile the edgers on the top.
And with Standard Time arriving, I have less time for outdoor work. I may have to start getting up earlier!
I am going to be so totally worn out in the next couple weeks.
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