The new tomato beds have been planted. The hog panel construction is an idea I saw on a television gardening show many years ago. Probably PBS. These two beds are rather densely planted with 10 tomatoes each. And since there was some space in the middle, I tucked in a few melons (MN Midget, Banana and Pepino melons — these last two are completely new to us. Those seed catalogs must have come at a time I was really craving melons).

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Not pictured here are the basil I recently planted in front and between the tomatoes. We’ve been enjoying the spinach pesto, but basil pesto would be that much more amazing.

Anne was hard at work today. I can sometimes gauge how hard Anne worked by inspecting damage to the truck or mower. Today was the truck. I didn’t really look at the mower.

It was not without success that the bumper suffered damage. Anne relished in the sense of post and trash-pulling accomplishment. An entire row of giant railroad fence posts succumbed to the force of chain hooked to bumper. The soggy side of the yard pulled easy, Anne said. The hard packed clay side broke the bumper. But with the ripped bumper Anne was still able to retrieve much trash from the trash ditch. It’s crazy what people throw away in ditches. Anyone need an old three-legged washing machine?

Post Removal on the Cheap