Fibermania

King of the Hill

This is the hill that backs up to our pond. It grew only rocks and sticker canes. Dave decided to take control of this hill and spent several days removing the rocks and putting them up on the retaining wall and surrounding the pond.

This is a man who thinks big.

My Hero

After clearing the slope of debris and rocks, he used our mini-tiller to turn the lumpy mess into this sweet blank canvas, all ready for me to plant.

It was a HUGE HUGE job. This slope is so steep I saw a worm slide down head first.

(No arms or feet to break his fall).
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You may recall that I bought St. John's Wort as a ground cover. 32 plants barely covered 5 square feet.

Did I mention how very steep this slope is? One of our garden books mentioned that vining crops could be grown on a hillside. Just dig a hole, fill it with good compost and plant a few cucumber seeds. When the growing fruit is starting to pull the plant out of the ground, make a support from a mesh onion bag, and pin it to the soil. Sounds like a plan!

um..where does one get mesh onion bags?

I am also planning on putting watermelons and pumpkins on this slope. I am pre-sprouting the seeds right now. I pre-sprout by putting the seeds on a wet paper towel and covering it with plastic wrap until I see white tips appear, which tells me that this seed is ready to plant. The cucumber seeds sprouted literally overnight.

I will have bushels of cucumbers. This has happened to me before. I never learn.