I have that pile of wood chips spread. It might be a little too thin in places, but it got the whole 1/3 of the yard done, all the way to the start of the future apple area. 5500 square feet in chips or mulch now (I measured). Yay, me! I'm rather old, and it made me tired to work that hard four hours per day, but it's done. Here's an updated plan of the side yard with hatch marks to indicate where I've chipped both last year and this. The apple tree section I'll get to this autumn.
There's a lot of trashy stuff at the bottom of the pile of free wood chips, like branches that didn't get chipped, so tomorrow, I get out my little electric wood chipper and grind up branches probably for six hours.
Saturday is burning day, and all the trashy bits and branches too big to fit in that chipper plus all the pine limbs that fell in an ice storm get burned (winds permitting). Sunday, I re-fence my "Big Bed" for more rabbit-proof space to grow in. Then rain comes and settles in for the week, though only one day will be heavy, and I'll be able to dash out a little bit every day other than that. But sporadic time will be enough! Because most of the big projects are done for the spring, due to this bizarre false spring of 10 days that let me work like a stevedore and zip through my list.
Any time after 3/15 when forecasts have no 28F or below nights predicted, I can get in my brassicas and seed potatoes. A few days later, I can seed carrots, spinach, and lettuce. April 2-5, my 138 bare-root fruit plants arrive and in they go. This includes:
Yum, right? Also, weeds are more a problem in the spring, so there will be a lot of weeding.
The bluebird house is up and positioned better than it has been, so I have hopes of bluebirds this year. I have five trays of seed starts going, and in ten days I start 2 trays of tomatoes. Irises and daffodils have poked their noses up. Its truly the run-up to spring. Here's to a wonderful growing season for us all.
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