garden moving forward
Jan. 7th, 2012 12:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ljgeoffI made a few calls and found that the abandoned property across from my trailer park is in transition. It was repo'ed last year, sent to auction but nobody wanted it (at the price the credit union was asking) and now the credit union has it back.
I went over to look at the back acre this afternoon. It was so warm -- in the mid-50's at least. I'd brought over one of my Sisseton black tarps. While I was poking in the ground to see what kind of soil I might be dealing with (clay, alas), the next door neighbor came out with his dog. I went over and we had a nice talk.
His folks used to own a little store where the corner gas station and mini-mart now stands, so he's been in this neighborhood his whole life. He said that he's in the process of buying the abandoned house and when I asked him about the chance of my putting a garden in, he was cool with it.
"Go ahead! Somebody might as well get some use from the place."
He wasn't sure when his purchase would go through, and figures that he'll have to knock the house down. I offered to share my bounty, and he said that'd be fine. Now, I realize that the bank owns the property right now, so it's not all good, but damn. Close enough for jazz.
So I picked as good a spot as there was and laid the tarp down, setting a couple of pieces of scrap wood on top to keep it in place.
Now I need a ton of organic matter and a shovel. Actually, I have a shovel.
I went over to look at the back acre this afternoon. It was so warm -- in the mid-50's at least. I'd brought over one of my Sisseton black tarps. While I was poking in the ground to see what kind of soil I might be dealing with (clay, alas), the next door neighbor came out with his dog. I went over and we had a nice talk.
His folks used to own a little store where the corner gas station and mini-mart now stands, so he's been in this neighborhood his whole life. He said that he's in the process of buying the abandoned house and when I asked him about the chance of my putting a garden in, he was cool with it.
"Go ahead! Somebody might as well get some use from the place."
He wasn't sure when his purchase would go through, and figures that he'll have to knock the house down. I offered to share my bounty, and he said that'd be fine. Now, I realize that the bank owns the property right now, so it's not all good, but damn. Close enough for jazz.
So I picked as good a spot as there was and laid the tarp down, setting a couple of pieces of scrap wood on top to keep it in place.
Now I need a ton of organic matter and a shovel. Actually, I have a shovel.