I cut the foam about level with the ground. My understanding is that if you use the foam with wood fence posts, it will keep the post from rotting.
Pulled a bunch more radishes. I think I'll try lacto-fermenting them. I haven't decided on a recipe for that, though. I'll also give a bunch to my neighbor that really likes them. A big plus is that while picking them, I found that the okra is growing fine. I thought that it didn't sprout, but it's now about 6" tall and doing well. I guess it was just a little slow to get going.
I also picked up a new tool. About 8 years ago, I volunteered to clear some trails at a local park. They supplied the tools. We were using this cool hedge trimmer type of thing to do most of the clearing. I did some searching and it was just an attachment for a Stihl Kombi system. This is a power head with a bunch of different attachment. I saw how well that tool did on everything up to about 1 1/2" branches, so had to have that as one of my attachments. I also got a string trimmer attachment. The power head I got was the smallest of the "professional" level. It is the most powerful string trimmer I've ever used.
But on to the new tool. It's a cultivator attachment for my Kombi. I think I mentioned the corner flower bed. My wife bought a bunch of top soil and potting soil for that bed. She also got a little bit of finished manure, but not nearly enough. My neighbor volunteered some of the manure from his cows. It was still a bit too wet. I let it dry out and she really wanted it mixed in. So I did some searching and found that the attachments for things like the Ryobi Expand It work on the Stihl, but the recommendations on internet do not recommend using a different brand cultivator due to the torque. I was surprised at how well this dug up the ground. I had everything mixed in quickly and it broke everything up nicely. Well worth the money, I'll likely use it on the vegetable gardens between plantings.
