So, I decided to call the spade a shovel and tackled my compost heap. Now, I'm a dedicated greenish gardener, so there's lots of compost to be turned. But, also I have a wonderful gardener who looks after the compost & turns it when necessary. So this was new & alien. We've also had lots & lots & yet more lots of rain. So the soil is soggy. Soggy soil is heavy. Heavy soil is hard work.
I managed a heroic 5 mins and had very little to show for it. But: I enjoyed it. Today's mission is to figure out a way to let both sides get a workout: it was akward throwing the soil to my right, so I only used the more natural, fluid right-to-left motion.
Going to visiting my parents this weekend. If Dad has a sledgehammer in his storeroom, his cheapskate daughter will appropriate it.
