Coffee anyone ?

[Xerocles]

Haha. I just realized that for those who missed my gardening thread, that sounds kinda silly, getting in the garden with a chainsaw.
My "garden":

 

[WolfeMomma]

Turned the coffee on, my day is probably going to consist of studying for exams and taking a trip to town....again of course because you know I dont go enough Have to get more shavings, and some dishwasher soap lol

 

[promiseacres]

@Xerocles that's quite the job to clear those saplings...are you going to do raised beds or clear out the roots?

Thanks for coffee, took my daughter until midnight to fall asleep she was coffee so badly. My Dad is coming over to stay with her so the rest of us get to go to co op.

 

[Xerocles]

@Xerocles that's quite the job to clear those saplings...are you going to do raised beds or clear out the roots?

Neither!
I'm gonna try the "Ruth Stout" method. When they're cut to ground level, gonna cover with about a foot of hay (last years round bales @ $5/bale). No til. Plant by pulling hay back enough to plant. Any unwanted growth that makes it through the hay? More hay, till its smothered out.

 

[promiseacres]

That sounds much easier of course not very quick.

 

[Xerocles]

That sounds much easier of course not very quick.

And just how quick do you think it would be, even tilling out all those roots with a tractor (which I don't have)? Or making all those raised beds? Its called "lazy man's gardening" and that fits me to a "t".

 

[Xerocles]

First morning of dealing with frozen water, other than light skim that a finger poke would solve. Guess winter is finally here. Everybody's fed & watered. I'm headed back to bed. Maybe when I wake, it'll be spring?

 

[Xerocles]

Just realized. We haven't heard from @AmberLops since Thanksgiving. Think she may not have survived Black Friday? Maybe a road trip is called for, to see if TSC is holding her hostage.

 

[Baymule]

Thanks for the coffee. We are looking at the red, orange glow of sunrise through the trees. Beautiful. I’m going to finish pulling weeds out of the garden. Ragweed, lambs quarters, they get HUGE. They are dead now and easier to pull. I pulled 8 wagon loads yesterday. I quit at 3:00, I was tired. I am seriously considering weed cloth for 2020. I’ve tried mulch, cardboard with mulch on top, the weeds always win. Last spring I ran the tractor and disc in the garden and wound up planting every weed seed in there. They all came up twice. Weed cloth is looking better and better.

 

[Baymule]

This was September 4, there is a 245 pound ram in there!