A Day In The Life - 02/28/2011: Planting the Bales

Happy Pseudo-Birthday, Drew!

I have been watering and fertilizing the straw bales for 10 days now and it is time to plant. Digging the holes in the tops of the bales is not as easy as everyone makes it sound. I dug and pulled and tugged until I finally got out the pick (seen against the wall int he second photo) and poked some really good holes int hose bales. Then I dropped in some dirt and either the starts or more dirt and some seeds.

They are looking a little wilted after such a hard move but they looked a lot perkier the next morning after some water and a good night's rest.