My very own action hero the Amazing Wonder Dan** has performed yet another wonder: The old raised beds are gone, and with them the quackgrass and creeping charlie.
He dug out all the grass and weeds, turned over the soil and removed as many quackgrass rhizomes as he could find, and hauled all the weeds out to compost in the woods. (We didn’t want to risk adding it to our not always hot compost pile.)
This was a huge job, the kind I would rather avoid at all costs, but he insists he likes doing it.
This area looked like this a few weeks ago.
Now all we have to do is make the paths, fertilize, cover with IRT mulch, plant the melons, squash and cukes, and get the bird bath in place. Hooray!
**Amazing Wonder Dan not sold in stores
May 23, 2010 at 1:59 pm
**Love the disclaimer!
May 23, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Is Dan available for hire? Since he’s good with quackgrass, I’ll bet he would be great with our yellow nutsedge that’s everywhere!
May 23, 2010 at 4:58 pm
beautiful grass! You need a pair of sheep : )
May 24, 2010 at 8:58 am
I have this grass too. I didn’t know it was called quack grass. It was absolutely impossible to keep out of the garden before using solar mulch. This year, there were only a few patches to pull before preparing the bed and laying the mulch.
You are going to love the IRT mulch.
Great job, Dan!
May 24, 2010 at 10:09 am
Wow! Big job. I can arrange the sheep :*)
May 24, 2010 at 11:28 am
Hmmm. don’t tempt me. Actually a goat or two would be great, they could clean up the overgrown back 40 feet! :-)
May 24, 2010 at 10:30 am
Now all I have to do is. . .
When’s the party?
O.
May 24, 2010 at 11:27 am
As soon as you arrive, it will be a party ;-)
Actually, Monday at K’s. Are you sure you can’t stay?
May 25, 2010 at 12:19 am
Looks great and Love the name Wonder Dan!
May 26, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Well, he is pretty wonderful :-)
May 27, 2010 at 4:21 pm
Haha Love it! Wonder Dan has such a nice ring to it. What would we do without our lovely action hero’s? I’m with you in the weeding. I would almost rather get a tooth pulled then pull a weed. :D