Big Soil Delivery!

lyndsaybowes (71) in dtube • 5 years ago

I'm a girl who gets pretty happy about dirt and growing food instead of lawns! We'll have 9 new garden beds this year, going to give "square foot gardening" a try.

5 cubic yards of Happy!

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5 years ago by lyndsaybowes (71)

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zekepickleman (68) · 5 years ago

Holy sweet shit!

I plant 1 garden bed and I am pretty proud of myself then you go make 9.

I could rally use a couple yards to top mine off too and it looks like you have some shoveling in your near future.

Spread the dirt and watch stuff grow!

lyndsaybowes (71) · 5 years ago

Well, the previous years I've just been planting on the (used to be) lawn. I just had big piles of soil all over. I was proud of my lazy gardening, but now the weeding is getting savage, and I find the one bed I do have is much easier to look after, so my lazy gardening was actually causing me more work in the long run.

I have a lot of help too, so don't think I'm super woman haha!!

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sallybeth23 (72) · 5 years ago (edited)

Nice one Lyndsay I tried one foot gardening in a deep raised bed a few years back and it was pretty successful. Dirt is life it’s where we came from and where we return to..... its everything! So excited for your new project too.
I bet you will do wonderfully well! 💚

lyndsaybowes (71) · 5 years ago

Thank you for the positive vibes SallyBeth, I'm glad to hear that you got a good yield from your 1 foot gardening, they say it will give a lot more than planting in rows, I can't wait to experiment!

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krazzytrukker (59) · 5 years ago

How does a KrazzyTrukker move his dirt you ask....? Ok, you did not ask, but I am gonna tell ya (show ya) my very expensive wheelbarrow @manorvillemike

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siphon (60) · 5 years ago

I'm a girl who gets pretty happy about dirt and growing food instead of lawns!

That's the most agreeable sentence I've read today!!!
I'm not the only one thinking that way.

andyjem (55) · 5 years ago (edited)

Cool I would be excited too.
Looks like a lot of work ahead but it will be worth it 😁

lyndsaybowes (71) · 5 years ago

Thanks Andy, our season is just getting going xo Can't even plant beans and squash yet, soil is too cold, but soooon!!

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taliakerch (69) · 5 years ago

wooww so cool more more harvest! more more vitamins for bogatyri and my Canadian Sis!:)) <3<3

lyndsaybowes (71) · 5 years ago

YAYYAYA!! Cannot wait to have that first home grown salad SiSTAR! How is your new tree doing??

taliakerch (69) · 5 years ago

Oh, sis, it is not very well:((

Don't know why but it looks like this. Nee leaves go from the root only. The seller told us to wait till the fall but it seems to me nothing will change. So maybe we need to replant a new one.. this one is alive but cherries will be very small and it doesnt feel ok I guess. What do you think?

lyndsaybowes (71) · 5 years ago

I have never planted a tree before, you are the pioneer here Sis! I love that it is growing new from the roots, that seems promising to me, like I said though, I know nothing. I look forward to seeing the new updates on the tree. I would never give up on it!

taliakerch (69) · 5 years ago

Ah I was sure you are a professional in trees planting too:) i know nothing about it either:)) yes, i dont want to kill it, it will not be perfect maybe but still.. it's my tree and it's alive, it needs a chance

lyndsaybowes (71) · 5 years ago

I'm sending a lot of love and good vibes to your tree xoxoxo So many smiles!

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taliakerch (69) · 5 years ago

I am a bad planter maybe:((

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onnovocks (49) · 5 years ago

When you wish Greyson was a Bobcat. Have fun Lynds', I hope the harvest will be plentiful.

lyndsaybowes (71) · 5 years ago

LOL!! Speaking of Grayson, he escaped the other night and ended up getting quilled by a baby porcupine lol, would have wished he was a bobcat too!

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phoenixwren (65) · 5 years ago

It looks so black and rich! Amazing! :D
Have fun making your new garden beds! Front yard or back?

lyndsaybowes (71) · 5 years ago

All going in the front :) Instead of planting right on the lawn like usual, going to put the gardens in wooden frames, cut down on the craziness of the weeding, plus square foot gardening looks really awesome for the children to grow, they can each have their own box!

phoenixwren (65) · 5 years ago

Ooh what a good idea! Have they chosen what to grow?

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lyndsaybowes (71) · 5 years ago

Not yet, looking forward to that day though, I always love an excuse to break out the seed stash!

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edith4angelseu (57) · 5 years ago

Hello SiSTAR, you sure have lots of energy doing this, you must be so proud, I am! ❤🌹❤

lyndsaybowes (71) · 5 years ago

Thank you Edith, glad to see you today <3<3<3 Sending Love always!

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edith4angelseu (57) · 5 years ago

❤🌹❤

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davedickeyyall (73) · 5 years ago

Damn that's some nice looking dirt.. get dem boys to working

lyndsaybowes (71) · 5 years ago

Grown-assed man work!

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trincowski (68) · 5 years ago

What a huge pile of dirt. That's enough to grow food for a small army! 😁
I wish you good crops!

lyndsaybowes (71) · 5 years ago

Thanks so much for your wish Trincowski!

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akomoajong (66) · 5 years ago

Just when I was crying out for a zoom, it happened :)

Ouuch! The soil looks very fertile from out here.

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lyndsaybowes (71) · 5 years ago

HA! Someone as passionate about soil as me if you are crying out for a zoom, that's awesome :) It's a very healthy soil to fill the new beds with, and when I plant I will add a nice topsoil to it with compost. Do you grow @akomoajong?

akomoajong (66) · 5 years ago

No. My parents do grow in a big garden and I use to be involved while living with them. Nowadays, I out in my world and living in another town where one can barely see an empty space 😄

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lyndsaybowes (71) · 5 years ago

That's so great that you grew up knowing how to be self sufficient with gardening. Do you like living the city life now? I bet it was a nice change.

akomoajong (66) · 5 years ago

Yeah, life looks more advanced here hehehe and I'm not thinking of ever gardening on my own albeit I do admire the whole process :)

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amberyooper (69) · 5 years ago

New growing beds are always exciting! :-)
(and a lot of work...)

lyndsaybowes (71) · 5 years ago

I have really good help, luckily! Thanks for being excited with me @amberyooper :)

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manorvillemike (65) · 5 years ago

Going to give you and the wheelbarrow a workout :-)

lyndsaybowes (71) · 5 years ago

Yep, part of the reason it's not even moving yet is because of the sad shape of my wheelbarrow, you'd laugh if you saw it, but bless the boys for how many times they have repaired it. Time for a new one, and of a good quality, if things are even made what you could call good quality anymore.

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