3 May 06
Rototilling
The saga of the garden continues. Now we’re going to do the plot behind the almond tree which is out of the way of everything including the currently swarming bees, their accumulated detritus, tires, and whatnot. This is getting to be almost comical. It does seem that you can save a lot of money (if not a lot of time) by getting good advice before you start breaking your back with pickaxes.
A friend called me at six this morning from North Carolina (I was already at work) to ask how to address a vice-chancellor in an email. By their first name, said I. Oh, not chancellor so-and-so? Oh no, I don’t think so. But by the way how should I rototill packed-in Davis clay?
Oh, says she, there’s a man who will come with a tractor and do it for you. Look under rototilling in the yellow pages. And, sure enough, there it was. Greg in Dixon. I left him a message.
Either that or spend a lot to rent one which I have to lug over here. Not sure. But I did also go to Project Compost today to find out how to get yards and cubic yards of compost.
I am so, so in danger of becoming a gardening bore…