From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   Michael Trew wrote:   
   > On 1/11/2023 9:49, songbird wrote:   
   ...   
   >>    any plans there for this coming gardening   
   >> season?  it is mostly looking like the normal   
   >> routine here and i'm quite ok with that!   
   >   
   > I had a rather small vegetable garden along the side of my hill the last   
   > two years, right at the top, and it's always been difficult to tend   
   > it... especially trying to get footing while I turn soil over with my   
   > old belt-driven rototiller... plus the bricks to keep the dirt from   
   > washing down.  I live on a fairly steep city lot.  I think I might plant   
   > a few flowers (I have dahlia tubers, etc.) there this year, and move the   
   > vegetables elsewhere.   
      
     yes, slopes are always a challenge.  i try to plant them   
   with thymes and then leave them alone other than keeping   
   them weeded.  rocks and bricks can make some interesting   
   contrasts and help break up any flows that might happen   
   during heavier downpours.   
      
      
   > There is a flat spot lower on my lot, about the same size (maybe 3 feet   
   > wide by 18-20 feet long), where I can easily walk along a wide stone   
   > retaining wall to tend the garden.  I might take Sheldon's (RFC)   
   > suggestion and make a raised bed out of it.  Grandpap lived through the   
   > depression, and they planted a lot... he strictly advised starting to   
   > turn the soil over in late February, as soon as it isn't frozen... we're   
   > gaining on that time fast (eastern Ohio).  I do have a few tree limbs to   
   > cut to take full advantage of the southern exposure.   
      
     yeah, trees can become a challenge and they can happen   
   gradually enough that you don't notice it until it becomes   
   a bigger problem to deal with.  i have some trees here that   
   i wanted to take out years ago but could not (i'm not the   
   owner).  such is life...   
      
     good luck!  :)   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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