Back from the Garden
Okay, the yellow zucchinis weren’t the side of pit bulls or even dachshunds, but they were suitably big for having grown over the last two weeks.
As you can see I got some raspberries as well. There are lots more on the bushes.
I’m going back upstate on Friday. It looks like no frost between then and now, so I expect another harvest.
I spent Sunday pulling plants, weeds, and grass out of the back garden. I moved 400 pounds of a humus and manure mixture to the back and spread it out on the soil. I’m hoping to kill the weeds and boost my production all in one labor-intensive session. I put down more peat moss. Here’s one of the bags of I put on.
Each bag weighed 40 pounds. I pulled them one by one out of the car, flopped each on a hand truck and then pulled it up a small hill into the garden. For some stupid reason, I don’t have a wheelbarrow. My garden is on several levels, so I’ve resisted. But, I think I’m finally won over to the need for one. After placing each heavy bag in the garden, I split it open and spread the good stuff around.
By the time I was done, I could barely walk. I seem to have thrown my hip out. I noticed it as I pushed the human-powered lawnmower up the driveway.
There is almost nothing that makes me feel elderly as much as hip pain. I felt like some “weekend warrior,” injured doing too much work in too short a time.
Well, perhaps all this fall labor will lead to a spring where I can accomplish my lofty goals. Maybe I’ll actually get all the seeds I buy during the winter into the ground. I might be able to finally trim the forsythia properly. And I may even be able to follow all of the suggestions from the 
gardening community and the books I’ve read.
Maybe.