Had planned to start doing some serious digging today, but ended up with two good excuses. 1. The clay is too hard and dry and it would have ruined the soil structure, and 2. For some reason uncle Arthur showed up with a vengance and stayed all day - still here as a matter of fact. Hands won't close, knuckles, shoulders, knees and hips all with sharp pains, and back hurts from stem to stern, with muscle spasms, especially in in the neck and shoulders.

Don't mean to whine - like a lot folks, I generally just accept arthritic pain and mostly ignore it, but today has been unusually bad.

It was also a good excuse to not work out in the heat and humidity.

I really, really would like to get at least 1 raised bed in soon to plant kale, turnips and salad greens for fall. If need be, though, I guess I can do pots again.