I spent 3 or 4 hours both Sat & Sun this past weekend preparing the old beds for planting this week – I am going to plant sweet peas, a lot of greens, some herbs & some root veggies first. It didn’t take me long to fluff the soil & pull out the few weeds that have started to grow in the soil. It was an easy job & I really enjoyed it. In one of the beds I had planted some carrots that I had not dug up last year. I unearthed quite a few carrots to juice when I got home. They were so sweet & so fresh. I also dug up what I thought was a weed & it was an arugula plant that I had put seed down for last fall, so I took that home as well.

I also walked over to the corral to see if I could find some good dark soil under the mounds of hay that had been left there over the years for the cows who have been penned up occasionally. I found it. There is a huge mountain of soft soil under the hay/straw that is laying on top. I am really excited to have found this, and after helping take hay out to the cattle the past month, I now know where all these areas are full of beautiful soil for the taking. The new beds I make this year will be so lucky to get this local & organic soil!