And now for the rest of the story: And yes the
plants are wilted...they were worse when I dug them up..yes it was neglect on my part, But the
plants will survive, they are very hardy! I bought this
weed barrier stuff...At this point and time..I think it was waste of time, effort & money. Anyway hubby said I should dig the
plants first, then prepare the bed..Reasoning being that way I would know how much space I needed to prepare...Ok it does make sense, BUT the wrong choice!!! First of all I have to say, I can not use a shovel, I think the reason behind that is I am just too short to use it properly, or maybe there is some mental block when it comes to using a shovel???? I had to shovel out a few inches of dirt for this part of the bed, I finally got 2/3 of it shoveled out, I have one of those short handled shovels with a small head..."Lady Gardener's Shovel" My arms felt they were going to drop off...Hubby did come to my rescue with a big shovel, when he seen how hard it had been for me. Ok this did help, but I am worn out and ready to quit for the day....Oh but no I can't quit...I have
plants in that bucket over there.
Sigh...Ok my plan was to dig a few inches out and mark the
weed barrier for where my
plants were going to be, cut it, and make a few holes...Easy wrong again...The wind had not blown all day...now the wind is blowing like mad and the
weed barrier is flapping in the wind..Sigh again, finally I manage to gain enough strength to fight the wind...But the sissors I had...wouldn't cut this stuff, so off to the house to look for another pair of sissors, a box cutter etc. Finally after 15 minutes I found another pair of sissors and they work great. Next I put the
weed barrier back into the bed and marked where I needed to dig my three holes in the ground...This should be a breeze...wrong again SIGH! Ok I live in Arkansas and we happened to have more then our share of rocks...first hole had 3 BIG rocks I couldn't get out, so ok..move on to the second hole, I had it almost the size I wanted and here is another rock...Sigh and I move to the place of the next hole....WOW it was easy to dig and turned out great. Now I have confidence to overcome the rocks in hole 1 & 2. Hole #1 required hubby to bring big shovel and a pick to get it finished and #2 required a shovel and more strength then I had. Ok finally I ready to do something...But I forgot I have to go to the shed and retrieve a bag of manure...The
plants I was planting are comfrey
plants, they love manure...So I fill all three holes with the manure and hollowed out a place to stick the
plants, laid my
weed barrier down and put the
plants into the manure, added more manure, and now to shovel those few inches of dirt back ontop of the
weed barrier. Finally I am finished...Oppps No I'm not, as I have to drag the hose out there and water, all the tools, rocks etc have to be picked up and put away. Hubby is now wanting to know what time dinner is going to be and what I plan to fix HIM to eat...I look at him and softly growl under my breathe LOL Anyway here it is the next day and the front of both shoulders hurt so bad...I hate to even lift my arms. The rest of the bed will be done differently and hopefully not as painful!!!