Strawberry/raspberry patch

The feet planted some strawberries last week and were working on the raspberries this week. The feet expect big things from these berries. The feet are master jam makers.

It took the feet about 4 hours to dig out the trench for the strawberries. It was all shale. So the feet had to smash it to bits. It was excavated to about a foot down and then filled with garden soil. 2 kinds of strawberries - Cavendish and AC Valley Sunset.




















The next trench for the raspberries. Easier to dig. Not as much shale. The raspberries should produce this year but the feet won't be eating the strawberries until 2012.




















Foot Jr was also helping out. Quite a helpful little foot.
















Resting after a hard morning of digging.

Expanding the garden

The foot overlooking the big pile of soil that the dump truck dropped off the other day. 10 cubic yards. That's a lot of soil. The foot has already made quite the dent in it. Foot Jr has been playing in the dirt - that's quite the little back hoe that he's got.














The garden now has 8 boxes. 4 more than last time. The foot will be adding one or two more off to the side. The foot, while perfect, was not meant for manual labour. Building those boxes almost caused a callous on the big toe. And the shoveling and pushing the wheel barrow is a lot of work for 2 feet. The onions, carrots, beets and turnip have been planted. The rest will be planted in the weeks ahead as it gets warmer.

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Neither the foot nor Sandra's feet are impressed with the squirrels. It's one thing to eat the bird seed. The foot can live with that. The foot understands that's just par for the course when you live in a forest and put out bird seed. The foot, however, is most displeased with the squirrel droppings and squirrel urine on the deck eating through the wood. The foot counted 8 different squirrels coming and going this afternoon. The foot is going to Home Depot this week to inquire about rodent poison.














Sandra's feet on the back deck. It's ok if you throw up in your mouth a little bit. 7 1/2 D. Extra thick.

The Royal Wedding

Did you notice anything suspicious about the royal wedding? The foot did. None of the royalty had their feet exposed. All that inbreeding has probably left them with hooves or cleft feet.