We rented the three-point tiller for the weekend (with our last hundred bucks, sigh). We had my family here so my dad took a turn running the tractor and the trencher...but mostly J did the work.
We tilled the entire garden. We tilled the berry patch next to the cold frame. We tilled the side and corner along the whole fence-line so that J's dad can plant a dry crop. We tilled the "front yard" where we're going to plant grass. J went crazy, tilling into the late evening. But we wanted to make it worth our money and we had the threat of rain for Sunday, so Saturday was it.
Of course, we're not sure when we will be able to plant as most of the seeds say to wait until "after the last frost" and they're predicting several inches of snow for tonight. We need to build the cold frame and start constructing hoops for the row covers so that when it does freeze after we've planted, our seedlings will be cold-hardy and protected.
Looking out the window, watching the snow fall sideways on the garden plot, I wonder if we will be ready to plant anything before May. The big goats are out eating grass on the hillside, but I'm not sitting out there with them today. My pastoral view is too stormy to enjoy from anywhere but inside. Hopefully, the next few weeks will start to warm up and we'll see hints of spring...before my indoor starts take over the living room as well as the dining room that they already dominate.
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