Thursday, May 20, 2010

Cure for the common cold? Not so much...

Last week, while I was sick and somewhat feverish, I decided that I had to work in my garden for a while. Not just the vegetable patch, but the whole backyard. I went to the gardening store in a foggy daze and wandered around putting various plants in my wagon. Ended up with a bunch of drought tolerant plants to spruce up the "decorative" part of the back yard, a six pack of corn seedlings, lettuce seedlings, zucchini and cucumber. And a huge back of top soil. Oh yeah, and a can of grass seeds.

Planting the veggies was no big deal. The soil in my veggie garden is nice and soft, easy to dig into. The soil of the backyard however was another story. I think I worked for about 2.5 hrs in the dwindling daylight, sweating both from effort and from my low-grade fever.

I don't think I've ever heard it recommended that one should garden for several hours, trying to dig into hard, clay-packed dirt, in order to beat a cold. And guess what? Didn't help it. Ooh boy, was I tired that night. But the backyard looks great!

P.S. The new plantings are filling in GREAT!












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