I WAS WRONG!

Sad to say, I was wrong. Snow lasted about another day, maybe two after my pictures and then nothing. We've had a couple of days with rain since then but nothing "serious." And it was all brought home in a big way this week.

Hubby went out to move the fence you can see in the first snow pictures. He wants a bigger front yard. He hauls out his trusty pick, post hole digger, shovel, electric drill and chainsaw. I figure he's good for hours. I mean, all those "man toys" should have kept him happy. NO! Back in he comes to tell me that he finally believes me when I say "drought." Seems he digs down just a hair more than an inch and the ground is dust dry!

So, he spends a couple of days moving his fence and then announces one morning that we need to prepare the garden and "get serious about growing some food." This from the city boy (born a few minutes south of Boston, I mean CITY boy) who has spent years treating my gardening as a cute hobby.

Today he "attacked" the garden. I told him I needed to redo the raised beds because critters were eating my plants. And that I needed to redo the lasagna rows.

So, raised bed #1 has been dug out and 3 of the lasagna rows. He even marked off the area that I've been asking him to dig out to put a hoop house in! I figure by the time of the last frost I will have ALL of the raised beds and lasagna rows I want. Yippee!

Tomorrow I will be laying hardware cloth and the dirt will go back in raised bed #1. You see, the cats may have cured the squirrel problem but they haven't put a dent in the mole, gopher, vole problem. I am on a mission and wonder of wonders, finally something is on sale -- hardware cloth -- when I need it. I shall defeat the highly acid soil, the VERY short growing season, the lack of dirt and abundance of rocks AND the extreme cold and heat.

Now, if I could just convince the STUPID city folk that are moving out this way to keep their blooming mutts home!