The weather was beautiful last week and I tried to spend as much time outdoors as possible. My brother, son and I drove down to Amish Country on Monday on a quest for a heavy hoe. Not the cheap flimsy kind with a short handle and the blade that bends on any soil firmer than peat. I mean the kind with a fat long handle and a wide forged 3lb blade made for serious ground chopping. Unfortunately, no hardware store carried on in stock. I bought a nice stainless steel garden fork so the trip wasn't a complete waste. A quick search on the internet located EasyDigging.com where I ordered two heavy hoes recommended by Gene Logsdon. They arrived on Wednesday with some assembly required but I couldn't be happier with the quality and easy of use.
While on the hoe quest Monday we stumbled upon Berlin Seeds on County Road 77 east of Berlin, OH. I stopped in and picked up a catalog and after flipping through it all week I was ready to go back so on Friday Will, Owen and I drove down and purchased potatoes, peas, and a few other things. Let spring gardening begin!
I dropped Will off at his house and then went home and left Owen asleep in the truck for over an hour while I trundled manure and compost from the pile to the garden. I managed to work up 1/4 of the garden in preparation for planting before Owen woke up and I had to get ready for meetings Friday night. All-in-all, last week was a good opener to spring.
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