Turning dirt (barefoot) in NC

Category: My Front Yard Garden | Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:17 pm

Hello All:

Just wanted to post a quick update. It was beautiful here in the North Carolina Piedmont today. In anticipation of my seed order arriving I took the garden fork and loosened about a 1/3 of my garden this morning. It was so warm I was working barefoot, wearing shorts and a tshirt. I love to garden barefoot it just feels so nice to be barefoot in good garden soil. I saw a lot of nice fat worms today. Most had at least one visible One fork full of dirt had three in it.

I also gathered a soil sample and took it into Raleigh today and dropped it off at the NC Ag dept lab. It is amazing to see the volume of orders waiting to be processed. There were mail carts filled with boxes just arrived with the mail, There were even pallets of little boxes. It only took a couple of weeks last year but they were not backed up on the loading dock.

I think I am going to see if a neighbor will let me get him to take me to get a load of compost. There is a landfill that composts the local yard waste. Its really nice looking and pretty inexpensive. I would like to finishing loosing up the soil this week then get a deep layer of compost on top. It will really help to drought proof my garden and minimize my drip irrigation usage this summer.

Seeya,

Uncle Jabba

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glendann wrote on Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:25 am:

Oh wow you have got it going on.I love working out in the dirt barefoot too.It feels great to have it up past the ankles.I was out digging barefoot yesterday too.
Your garden should grow so good in all that compost .

Frank wrote on Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:35 am:

>>> There were mail carts filled with boxes just arrived with the mail, There were even pallets of little boxes. <<<

Looks like there are a lot more people getting in on the act this year. Great news!

kaseylib wrote on Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:23 am:

I'm envious, and good luck with your projects. By the end of summer, I can't even get my feet clean anymore! I'd love to travel to NC sometime soon, and have been reading about the western part of the state. The mountains, streams, and waterfalls sound wonderful.

bsewnsew wrote on Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:00 am:

Unk Jabba......
Way to go......Just envy the warm weather your sprouting.
Ours is to go to 20Ã‚Âº for the weekend.
Have fun..
b

Palm Tree wrote on Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:28 am:

Gosh Uncle Jabba
It is true what they say: "Gardeners knows the best dirt"
Happy gardening

Droopy wrote on Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:49 am:

Ah, barefoot in the dirt, I'm so looking forward to my turn! In the meantime I'm happy that you share your gardening day with me. Enjoy your worms and dirt for me too, please.