I was able to get all of the mowing done Saturday while Mrs. Augie, three of our kids, two DiL, and five of the grands went to the zoo in St. Louis. After that was done I ran the tiller over the patch in the back where I used to plant the sunflower field, seeded it with Kentucky bluegrass, timothy, and fescue, then dragged it in with a cattle panel behind Mrs. Augie's golf cart. After THAT was done I spent a couple hours moving dirt from the giant heap into the new garden space. It will be a few days before it's dry enough to get over it with the tractor and tiller, but it needed some rain to help the loose dirt begin to settle.
I have three Dunstan Chestnut trees that still need to be planted. All of the spots in the grove along our driveway have been filled. I planted three others in the front yard where the kitchen garden used to be. I'm thinking I'll put the last three in the field that I sowed to grass on Saturday.
The yukon gold spuds that I buried at the edge of my compost heap have sprouted and are looking healthy. If they make a good crop I'll try it the same way next spring. Anything I can come up with that reduces my maintenance time in the garden is likely to happen at this stage of the game.
