Rock Forever
Written by: adekun on 13 April, 2007 9:17 am - Filed under: blog ?
In a few weeks the three of us begin our England/France expedition, which would have left the garden untendered for two months. After a few discussions with the in-laws, an accord has been reached on the summer vegetable impasse. I can’t really blame them for their apprehension since they have little free time. In addition, the current setup - an eight litre watering can, makes the job a chore.
I had already resigned to the belief, that I would be growing clover instead of cucumbers. The plan agreed is that I will prepare, sow and transfer (subject to availability). Whilst we are away, the in-laws water and later on we all eat the crop. I still have a sore throat and decided some light work in the garden would be better than staying indoors complaining to my wife about it. Along with some vintage Judas Priest, tulips and light rain for company, I picked up my spade for the first job viz. turning the compost.
Not the best tool for the job, but after fourteen months of searching, still no fork. Totally shagged out by the end of it and moved onto the main task of turning in the clover. After two spits. I hit my first boulder. Digging around I found this to be of Herculean size. I was a little surprised, as I left no stone unturned during the initial quarry. The soil can be quite clayey, making anything large difficult to move. Still to recover from The Samson Incident, my light work had turned into a couple of heats from the World’s Strongest Man.
This did start me thinking why the garden was beset with these rocks. Perhaps they were the Atlas Stones from a former competition too heavy to move. On the plus side, I probably have enough to start a small aggregate company. By the time I had finished daydreaming, so had the drizzle and the rain began in earnest.
