Better Than I Thought

I turned earth for about two and a half hours this morning. The dirt was in much better condition than I expected. I expected it to be much more clay-like and too wet. It was still pretty darn wet, but I think the cover crop and frequent chicken visitations helped it along well. The chickens have decided that when I'm turning earth I'm really just being their worm and grub provider. They hover around my shovel impatiently waiting for the next turn of the shovel. I dig, turn and they immediately start pecking away at the worms as I try to break up the wet clods of dirt.



I have a regatta tomorrow up in Tacoma, so no working in the yard. But I'm hoping that we don't get too much of a soaking over the next day and a half. If that happens, I can turn some more earth on Sunday and maybe even plant some broccoli starts we bought from a Portland Public Schools program recently. I'd also like to try replanting lettuce seeds. We bought some cheap beer tonight which I intend to use as slug bait.