Saturday started with a free 45 minute class at Callaways about growing veggies. From there we went on to set ourselves up for way more work than we could handle. Gentry was loving Callaways.
Azaleas was the biggest part of the plan. The batch from last year did not survive much longer than a week. We quickly found out why from our conversation with our Master Gardner teacher at Callaways. Unfortunately, the right method requires a two foot so trench.
The other great advise from our teacher was to use the great soil from last year's azaleas for the boxwoods we were also going to plant. Sounded great until we got home and I realized it meant I would need to shovel and move all the dirt one wheelbarrow at a time.
Knowing that job was ahead, I was not going to mess around when it came to picking out a tiller. I went to Home Depot and got the biggest one I could find. I actually first chose to get the mid tiller because it barely fit in the Volvo. But I left Home Depot and immediately smelled gasoline bc it was starting to leak bc of how we tilted the machine to fit in the car. Sooooo since that wasn't fitting I quickly decided to rent a truck and get a giant, new rear tine tiller.
Till up a layer, shovel it out, repeat. The worst part was being done and then immediately filling the trench half way with peat moss and pine bark mulch. Now we wait for the rain. Tomorrow we'll finally put in the azaleas after two days of work.
Getting the boxwoods planted was not nearly as big of a deal. Gentry was a beast and helped a lot. Made sure we got these babies exactly 42inches apart and 18 inches from the deck. Even when I was ready to just dig a hole and throw them in.
Now I know without a doubt I need to work out my back.
Gentry had some killer boots on
Yard is looking nice also thanks to the previous owners
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