Note: This post was written a couple of years before I moved
to my current location (and when I was still married, hence the "we" when my new posts are all "I"). I had wanted to
start a blog back then but never got around to it. But since it’s already written …
We moved up to the farm on a slightly more permanent basis
(still keeping an apartment in Ottawa as well) in June 2011. We were left with dozens of cardboard moving
boxes which normally would have been recycled … if it weren’t for the fact that
we wanted more garden space! We weren’t
too worried about a new garden right away, as we had enough to do that year
just getting settled in, so we planned it for the following spring. I laid down boxes throughout the summer in the
area where we wanted the new garden to be dug, to stunt the growth of the grass
underneath (anyone who has dug a new area, with or without the use of a
rototiller, will know the difficulty in digging into grass roots).
During the fall, I
soaked down small areas at a time, threw down a layer of mulch (in this case,
we had been given a great big load from the Hydro One guys after they were
clearing trees from the lines – who knew you could get free mulch? A neighbor who knew the deal hooked us up
with one of the drivers), then I shoveled topsoil and some manure onto
it.
Here is the end result before the snow started falling …
So then the snow fell and months later, a glorious March
arrived. We had a very early hot spell this
spring, and we had a good chance to check out the cardboard garden situation. Super awesome!!
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