hurry up and wait

these pictures are outdated but i'd like you all to see the progress before i upload the most recent pix. i had some moments during construction where i could not see the end in sight. every time i looked over my shoulder all i could see were more rocks. i had to say to myself, "one bed at a time." now the hard part is over and i am getting hungry for tomatoes and eggplant...

here you'll notice i've started defining the garden beds, and some manure has been spread. laying down the beds is a good time to contemplate what will be planted.

the garden is on a hillside so i had box out the beds to prevent erosion. i plan to add more soil to raise the beds. building the beds up this way, i am also looking ahead to next summer so that they are ready for katie to work.

this is the bastard cornrow view, and what the garden looked like when i arrived. after getting all the rocks out of the main garden i kept ignoring this end. but once the corn has established some good roots i plan to work the soil and get the rocks out. that's my nephew kenny jr, he helped me lay mulch along the walkways. because the dirt in the walkways is so compacted the mulch is also helping to prevent erosion. not to mention it looks so nice.

that's me laughing at the bastard cornrows. look at the difference!