We moved a little more than half a ton of compost, and I'm not sure it's enough. To be fair, it's not just a question of the compost but of the topsoil too. Topsoil + compost = soil for raised beds and containers ready for tomatoes etc., and three raised beds plus about a dozen tomato, etc. containers use more soil than you'd think.
The people at the Recycling Center were really nice, and the woman at the weigh station agreed wholeheartedly that you should garden in the nice weather and use the colder weather to schlep materials like compost.
Still, I have the lingering sense of a morning wasted. I could have knocked out a report on last year's herping. I could have filed my scientific collector's permit application. I could have roughed out a Grid article. Instead we got up early, got the Zip Car pickup truck, drove it to the Recycling Center, drove it back, unloaded it into a wheelbarrow we had picked up at the Tool Library over and over again, and dumped the loads into the beds. Then we cleaned up and got to work 2 hours late.
I'll mix with top soil this weekend with M - trying again to get the kid into gardening, but 3 years old might be too young for heavy toiling. How old was I when I started helping my dad turn over the beds and lug materials?
The Year I Gave Up the Garden: This is the year I try the simple life. I resolve to cook less, embrace convenience, and do my best to give up gardening.
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