Went to city dump again and this time was successful in getting a yard of compost. Man did they have a lot ready to go! Munchkin 1 enjoyed watching him come in the REALLY BIG loader and after parking it use small tractor with ½ yard bucket to load our truck. I put a tarp down in bed of truck first to make unloading easier. Which worked like a charm. I was able to pull last 2 wheel barrow loads to the back of truck using tarp. When last bits where shaken into wheelbarrow I then laid it out to rinse off the leftover- once dry it’s folded back up and put back in truck for next load? (hopefully soon).
So total for this one bed is getting expensive. The yard of compost was $27- cheap compared to bags, etc. that you would buy elsewhere. But add in the cost of 1 redwood post, 4 cedar fence boards, wire to line the bottom (Staples and stapler to attach where free and mom sent them down when I was unable to find mine still). So as all but 2 wheelbarrow loads when into the bed I’m going to charge it all to the bed.
Also picked up another bucket of coffee grounds which went into the bed. Hopefully will be picking up 1 per week.
Nice thing though is I finally got to plant my garlic I bought awhile ago (yes I know it’s late- that’s been the running theme this year- especially with rains and wet soggy soil to slow me down more than the kids do). One sack of bulbs was hard neck and they were pretty much all soft so I tossed almost all. A few small cloves still felt firm mostly so tried planting them- not holding my breathe. Though I did make sure to plant them a few feet away from the others just in case. The soft neck variety was all okay except for one bulb. So If they all grow I should have about 40 bulbs from the little sack I planted. Looking forward to seeing them grow.
