April 13th - Tools assembled.

So I purchased some chicken wire fencing (from amazon it was half the price of Lowes- 50 feet at 5 foot high $19.00 a roll) and some borrowed the wire cutters from the boss.   The metal posts were left from 1982, the last time the garden was used. 

With spring in the air the folliage came out with a VENGEANCE.  I hacked away with a Ma-Shai-Tay.   I was attacked with nearly 10 ticks in 45 minutes.

Lunch Break Garden

  I had this idea to turn a very small plot of land into a garden about 2 years ago.   Back in August of 2012 my wife and I found out that we were expecting a child and so I decided that my life needed to get more complicated by trying something time consuming that I knew nothing about- Start an Organic Garden.   

Main Problem: 

• I knew nothing about gardening. 

• The space I wanted to farm was overgrown and needed a bunch of fixin' up (technical term)
•  I didn't have a lot of time to dedicate each week to maintaining the garden.

Main Solutions: 

• Bought a simple gardening book 
• Conned my Dad (from here on out we will call him D.O.D-Dear Ole Dad) into helping me with some heavy lifting
• Since the plot of raised beds were at my place of employment I could best utilize my time by working outside each day during my lunch break

So I started fixing up the old raised beds.  It was rough....

And DOD and I rented a small 2 HP tiller and ripped up everything we could.   It was a beast of a job.  But we got it done that unseasonably warm day in January.