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I believe I mentioned earlier that G. and I had planted a veggie garden, our first foray into food farming. We took some pictures, which could be more documentary than they are, and could serve in the “what-not-to-do” section of the primer.

I built the frame out of a 16 foot 2 by 10, cut into two 5s and two 3s. The outdoor screws I had were 2 1/2 inches long, which, I observed, probably should have been longer, but I didn’t feel like going to the store again, so I just went ahead, and the result seemed sturdy…

But then we tried it here, and tried it there, and before I could get it to the spot we chose, it turned from square to parallelogram…

right before it turned into a heap at (on) my feet. Georgie enjoyed it a bit too much, imho…

So I went to the store and purchased both 3-inch screws and corner braces, and after rebuilding, I was able to get to down to sod removal …

Once the area was dug out, we filled it in, with dirt we’d removed from other areas of the yard last year, peat, compost, and lime …

The job isn’t quite completed here, but when we were done, we’d planted two “darling” eggplants, which we’re told are like Japanese eggplant, light colored and more tubular than domestic eggplant; two purple (tastes like green) pepper plants, and a half dozen collard greens plants…

We’re now in a growth phrase. Not so I can tell so far, but what do I know? I’m just learning.

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