Today, I picked up 2 yards of garden soil from the local gravel pit at a cost of $66. Hard to believe that dirt costs that much. I must admit I prefer getting in dribs and drabs as opposed to having a truck dump a load and that’s because I can unload it and distribute it in piles to places that it needs to go as I have time instead of having this big pile of dirt that I need to get rid of. Of course, it helps to have a boyfriend that has his own excavator. Still Stevie can’t deliver dirt to my garden using that excavator. That would be overkill. So I move dirt into there using the wheelbarrel, the garden cart, and a 5 gallon bucket.Â
I dumped a bunch of dirt over my potatoes. Key to growing more of them is heaping more dirt onto potato plants. I just love my potato plants, particularly those purple potatoes. I’m also putting more potato plants in tires that line the pathways.
We will putting more plants into the ground this summer. Have started with pole beans. The tomatoes have exploded. I have to be prepared to can and freeze by September. Seems like everyone has a garden. I spent yesterday’s appt at the dentist discussing gardening secrets with my dental hygienist. She had a lot of good tips and she loves purple potatoes too.