I had a busy day today, my daughter and I expanded the in-ground garden by 33% spending a few hours doing so.  A frugal activity for the two of us to share-- simple living at its best.  My daughter removed the leaves and old stakes.  We re-fenced the garden and tilled the soil. Finally, I spread four bags of cow manure compost over the area.

Tomorrow, we will set up and expand (by about 33% as well) the container garden fencing.  We plan to make the soil and put it into the containers.  I also plan on more containers positioned in different places around the property.

Planting is a few weeks away, with the exception of some mini "greenhouses" (plastic containers in clear plastic bags).  Planting will also require a few hours of work, but after that it is simple maintenance work . . . outside of watering and picking-- it is pretty much set it and forget it.

Last week, I fenced in two of my three compost piles and emptied last year's container's soil on top of these piles so I can plant on these spots.  I plan on starting a new, second compost pile in the next week or two.

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