Creating a 30×90 garden plot from an old horse pasture is no easy task. But I am getting there! It all started around the beginning of May. I chose the spot south of the machine shed where the barn further to the south does not shade it during the day. It should get plenty of sunlight. I sprayed the whole lot with glyphosate to kill off the weeds. Here’s what it looked like one week after spraying – the weeds are starting to yellow.
I let it sit another week and it turned into this:
I tried to till it up with my walk behind tiller, but the ground was so hard. One row took me over an hour.
Fortunately my good friend Mark lent me his pull behind tiller. It did a bang up job of breaking up the dirt.
We’ve had a few weeks without rain and the ground was so dry. I decided to water the newly tilled plot for a few hours. I let it sit overnight and then did a couple more passes over it with the tiller. Worked like a charm. The soil was loose and ready for planting. I spent the good part of a whole day planting seeds. I should finish it up by the end of the week. I’ll update with new photos after I get it all planted.
Amazing and beautiful! Yesterday I planted out artichokes, tomatoes, sweet red peppers, kale, broccoli and basil. Here’s hoping for a great summer in Fargo and Ontario.