Aerating my veggie garden just in time…

Last Friday, the skies got cloudy in the afternoon and I immediately set to aerate my bone-dry veggie garden in anticipation of a full evening and day of rain a few hours later. 

This preparation is always a big job that I’m never looking forward to, yet it’s important in order to get my veggies ready for sowing and planting. In order to do the job, I push all the way down and tilt the tool forward and continue this process every four inches or so.

Some areas were softer than others, but I got the entire job done in less than four hours. At the end, I was tired and beat up, and when it began raining at 6 pm, I felt elated as I timed my work perfectly and also felt the happiest gardener in the entire world!