Hi there @willymac how are you? Good to see you back on :)
About the post, I loved the determination and hard work you put in the task.
Two things which are backbone of any project and are considered compulsory to finish any work on time and according to the requirements.
Carrying that much weight is super cool. More power to you @willymac
Stay safe out there and Have a nice weekend
I am a little behind in my replies, so forgive me. I had a young cousin and his wife visit yesterday and we talked through most of the day, and that meant no Steemit, but the day was well spent with a family member.
The short project turned out okay even though I had to work in the direct sunshine most of the time. It did not take as long as I had thought but it was tiring work. I finished on time, met the requirements, and was on budget (which was $0). I have more mulching to do and will have plenty of material as I vacuum and chop up the leaves. A thick layer will make a home for earthworms near the surface and they will make little tunnels that allow water to soak in and soften the hard clay. That will attract more small creatures and the ground will soon be enriched and will support healthy plant life as well.
chopped leaves and grass mixed together is called "gardeners' gold" around here!
Thank you for the compliment, my friend @hananali.
That's true, we intend on giving materialistic gifts and stuff but time is the biggest gift we can give someone, relatives mean family and family deserves our time , well done on that...steemit can wait no problem.
That's one really good technique, how you can make things turn in your favor with a spending of as much as nothing, wonderful.... Most people would kill those earth works on purpose wherever they would see them but this proves a point that Nature hasn't created anything without any purpose.
Gardeners gold? After that hard work gardener deserves some gold too :D
You're welcome @willymac
Hope you had a wonderful weekend with your cousin 👐
Nature never does anything that is without a reason and never does anything that is harmful to the environment. We can blame people for those things.
The garden gold is the best overall fertilizer for plants because it returns nutrition to the ground and adds organic material that is food for worms and micro-organisms that generate soil health. Some people throw grass clippings away, showing a total lack of understanding of its value, or because of their lack of caring about their surroundings.
A friend jokes that I must have been a worm in a previous life. At least I think he is joking.
That's true, nature does everything for a purpose but we people are the ones creating some mess always.
Am not sure if gardeners or general public are this much aware of the techniques or procedures being used in the west, I am learning new things here :)
Hahaha am not sure if he's actually joking but it was a nice one :D
As humans, all we have to do is to look at where nature is being successful and then copy her. Instead, we seem to prefer cutting trees and destroying a forest so we can build houses, pave roads and parking areas after giving only a little thought to the damage we have done,
That's true,nature created it the right way, we shouldn't change nature in a way that it damages us in a long run. I agree to what you have said
There are over 8 billion of us and the Earth is not getting larger. We need to learn how to behave correctly with our host planet if we expect it to remain a suitable home.
My friend, @adarshh, has a very excellent post concerning man's place in Nature that I recommend highly for you read. It very eloquently expresses the thoughts you and I have shared and I have found it useful in guiding my thoughts. You may also.
This quoted from his post:
Nature is the mother of all blockchains. It is a ledger that has been in the making for billions of years. Each event is an aggregation of all the events that preceded it. A simple cause-effect analysis would be dead wrong because of the interregnum between happenings.