Choice Morsels

The Mama Kat prompt I chose today is, "share something you were working on this week," and that's perfect, since what I was working on was putting the veggie garden in. However, putting the garden in led to another decision that will lead to new project in the fall... This is my Veggie bed: It's an in-ground garden. It's in the center of the back yard. I've improved it over the years so now it's walled in with castle blocks and the soil his higher level. There's a bed of garlic chives at the far end and above that, a flower bed. Prepping it every year involves throwing down a combination of garden fertilizer and lime on the soil then digging it in, either by hoeing or turning with a shovel. There's only one major hindrance to contend with: pine roots. Long needled pines are everywhere here and they have extensive shallow roots systems, which means their roots aren't deep, but they have a long reach. I've seen them as ...