Sunday Fall Work Day

Oh man, oh man, did we have a great work day this past Sunday (October 24). Winter's coming along slowly but surely, which means we have to start getting the beds ready for the seedlings we have growing at Amy and Andre's! Also, the front end of the garden has been lacking attention, so we finally fleshed out the burms so that we can plant some lovely desert plants out there. Nothing says "come look at our awesome garden!" like a jojoba bush (but mostly because it's so much fun to say "jojoba")

The corn needed chopping down in the sunken bed:


Then we aerated the soil using an ancient technique of hopping on your shovel and giving it a wiggle:


We were going to bundle the corn stalks together for a fall festive feel, but they kept falling over with the wind. We ended up using them as mulch for our freshly aerated bed in order to keep in moisture and prevent wind erosion until the new seedlings go in.

We finished the burms out front. The idea is that water will pour down from the roof, onto the ground, then collect in the area where the plants will go before flowing down toward the street. We also tried to make them a bit symmetrical to keep the area pleasing to the eye:

Well now, isn't that pleasing to the eye?

All this really wasn't too much work, and we did it over the span of a few (very chill) hours, so it was a nice way to spend a Sunday. We also had pizza and bagels and tea, because everything is better with pizza and bagels and tea.

Thanks to all the wonderful people that we managed to bamboozle into helping out! We appreciate all the help we can get. And you there, reading this post! Feel free to join us next time, yeah?

How can you say "no" to these earnest faces?

All in all, our garden is looking marvelous, and I can't wait to get the winter crops in.