I planted carrots this year for the first time (where I had success that is)... Keep moist is the key. I used cardboard laid over until they started to sprout. They're doing great and I'm quite chuffed.
Raking is an old man's sport. I can't manage raking without thinking of my late Dad, raking up all the eucalyptus leaves and bark after winds. He'd walk out to say goodbye when you left and would pick up the rake before you'd be down the driveway. He also loved watering by hand rather than sprinkler. It's such a good vibe. How lucky you are to be an old man who is alive and well enough to do such things.
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Cardboard even in the rain?
Good memories of your dad. I think it shows something about him that he would spend the effort to rake. A lot of people choose not to if they don't have to.
Don't know how long I a longed for this world, but I guess it is better to spend some of that time in the garden.
Yeah it only has to last a few weeks. But if you think the soil stays moist enough for carrots to sprout - or maybe it has something to do with the darkness too?
Look it might be a corny oneness hippie thing, but on a really big level, being up and close with the earth you're going to be part of again in the form of dust ain't such a bad thing. There are worse ways to spend your time, like being an evil mother fucker genociding like a demon and raping children, you know?
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I choose not to because free mulch and also if it stays in place long enough outside of the garden beds it stops a lot of the dirt from blowing around in the dryer weather (when the clay isn't baked, it only took me several years of reiterating why we needed ground cover). Additionally I currently like how it looks on bare ground and will have to wait for the groundcover mix I'm planning to come up to re-evaluate XD
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