Northeast Gardening: Welcome to my gardens... and messes ;), 1 by MissFabulous

MissFabulous wrote:
LMAO It amazes me how fast they shoot up! I was at a picnic the other day and the kids were finding stems that were well over a foot long!

My fencing has been coming together nicely as well. At HD, I talked the guy in the gardening department down to $35 a 50' roll from $47. "Well, you know, they're cheaper at TSC, but I'd really like to buy them here..." and I asked a guy down the street (grape farmer) if he's sell me 100 of the old posts he had in a pile. He sold them to me for forty cents apiece, and delivered for another $10!!!! Woo hoo, joy of joys, I'm coming in under budget for a change. I also decided that I'm not buying gates, which are ugly, not wide enough for my lawn tractor, cost $100 each and I need two of them and would prefer three. Instead, I found six old windows in the barn that are the perfect size. I'm taking out the glass and replacing with lattice panel, adding hinges and latches and doing three double gates. It will be inexpensive and much better looking than those ugly metal ones.

It's still a little too damp for me to till, but that didn't stop me from trying. I figure if I scar up the surface where it can't quite get in it will dry faster. It was a lot of work and my hands and arms hurt now, but this is where the patio is going: