Weight: 213.0
The uptick is due to eating this weekend and food in my system. Before I went to bed last night I made myself some eggs, sausage and veggies. I was looking at the upcoming week of no food and decided to go ahead and eat. I wish I'd just gone to bed. It sat like a lump in my gullet all night and I'm burping and gassy this morning because of it.
It was a hard weekend of gardening work. Here are some pictures:
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Treated the soil with compost on Saturday. Tilled it several more times on Sunday. Planted the first few rows (mostly tomatoes).
Pictures of the garden with the compost spread around:
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It took two pickup loads of compost and you can see how much compost residue is still left in my truck, even after using a tarp under it. After the garden is in place, I'll really need to clean my truck!
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This is the tiller we used, attached to the back of the tractor. It was too big for my truck when I picked it up and I had to drive it home riding on my tailgate.
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My helpers. Naomi (11) on left and Benjer (8) on right.
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Untreated soil, tilled several times. Notice that it's still full of dirt clods. That's Missouri clay soil for you.
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Treated with some peat moss and chicken coop bedding. It's been tilled once or twice more at this point. Clods are smaller.
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Added compost and tilled it a little more. Still not quite where I'd like to see it (fine clods or powdery) -- but plantable with some potting soil in with the seeds / seedlings.
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Wider view of the garden after the compost had been tilled in:
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Chickens came out to scratch for food (worms, root tubers, bugs, etc.) They also drop some fresh fertilizer as they feed. (Yes, they are free-range chickens.) We'll probably need to get a fence around the garden to protect the seedlings in the near future.
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Naomi looking at one of the clods held together with grass roots. I gave the kiddos instructions, "Break up the big clods held together with grass roots and show the roots to the sun." The soil was wet clay in that portion of the garden. (Rene'e -- 14 -- visible in the background.)
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Reverse view of the garden, with my buddy's chicken coops visible in the background.
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Three planted rows. Four different kinds of tomatoes, intermixed with basil and lettuce.
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