Is It Too Wet to Plow?

The ground was hard and dry enough that the little bit of water it has received over the past couple of days has probably just soaked in and been sucked up by the greenery. If it doesn’t rain more today, a shovel full of dirt will tell the tale. I have enough compost and enough wood to make another raised bed. The ground will need plowing first.

There are so many things that need doing that had to wait on the rain. Hopefully this cooled the dirt enough to plant spinach and lettuce. Fall is also the best time to seed grass and transplant trees. The ground was too hard to aerate and way to hard and dry for tree holes. There probably won’t be time for everything. Tilling the garden and building the raised bed will get priority. Next will come grass seed and the trees will go last.

The 10 day forecast for Charlotte calls for more rain on Wednesday and Thursday. If that comes it will soak the ground too much for tilling the garden, but it should help grass seed and make tree holes easier to dig. The ground may already be too wet for tilling.

David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/