It took me, maybe, two hours to dig a 70cm diameter hole out of the sod, 10cm of so-called topsoil and the 30 cm of “virgin clay”full of tree roots, rocks and one piece of cinder block in the middle of our front yard. I made a trip to the local big-box store and bought two 3.8m3 bales of peat moss. Most of the clay I layered on my compost as it eventually breaks up and “soilifies.”The rest of the soil from the hole I mixed with sand, peat moss and sifted compost to lighten its texture. It only took about half an hour to dig up the Rose of Sharon plant from its too shady location under the magnolia to move it to its new sunny location in the middle of the front lawn. I guess that shrub has been there at least five years — its largest trunk is 5cm in diameter. Back then the magnolia used to be a shrub, too. Now I can look straight out at the magnolia’s branches from my second story window. Hopefully, after the rose of sharon recovers, it will do better out of the magnolia’s shade. I moved the shrub now because it’s the last to leaf out in the spring.
While running this afternoon I saw my pet peeve. Why do parents buy those large battery-operated cars? Kids should be running around in this nice weather and getting some exercise.
This evening’s homework was proving trigonometric identities. We had a problem with one question and I finally determined that it was actually wrong. We’ll see what my son’s teacher says.