Yes, the de-sodding dig continues. People ask why. Here are my reasons:
- I feel tilling will simply mix the grass into the clay and I’ll still have a grass problem.
- I assume tilling clay is difficult, and hey, why not be environment-friendly by not using gasoline to do the work?
- I don’t own large excavation equipment, nor a sod-harvesting machine. I don’t want to pay to rent anything (I haven’t found coupons for such things).
- Tilling soil with a spade is how I was raised, and everyone can use a little exercise.
- I read that turning the grass upside-down provides extra compost & nutrients down the road. Can’t hurt the clay IMO.
- Okay, okay, so maybe I should have used the newspaper method.
- You’re right, I should have planned ahead last fall with black plastic. I was too busy renovating a house and paying two mortgages.
We mowed the lawn for the first time today. What a wonderful smell!
Fertilized the fruit trees – twenty-one 16-16-16 fruit tree packets went into the ground!