It's been several weeks into my garden planting, and the dirt still resembles construction debris more than top soil : ( The ground is very clay-y so I've been trying to work some potting soil into it but both the clay and soil need to be crumbled in order to mix them before I can plant seeds (subsequently sending them to a premature death). So what have I been doing for two days? You guessed it. Crumbling 72 cubic feet of dirt with my bare hands. Though surely there's an easier way to do this, but as of yet, I have not found it. So as things stand, it's been several weeks since I've started my "gardening" and I'm still just playing with the dirt, my palms however are incredibly soft, buffed even!
I have been reading the care instructions on the seed packets (trying to keep an eye on the bigger picture) and there's some incredibly detailed instructions (asparagus for instance needs to be grown inside for three months and then transplanted twice before I'll finally be able to harvest them THREE YEARS FROM NOW). This all begs the question "how does this shit grow in the wild?!?". But, if they can grow a tree in Brooklyn, surely I can grow some dill.