I further updated the 2018 Plantings list, adding some more details.
I planted more flower seeds today in pots indoors, as well as a few more fairytale pumpkin and pencil cob corn indoors just in case the ones that aren’t coming up yet were Acorn Bomber snacks. Continue reading “18th June Plantings and general Garden update”
I’ve mentioned the doghouse that came with the house, and how we have no dog. I don’t know how long it’s been sitting there, but it wasn’t in decent enough shape to feel good about offering it for free. (Rot in base and lower sides, shingles are shot.) Continue reading “Looking for doghouse conversion suggestions”
I finally made it to one of our city’s Conservation Commission meetings. I’ve been curious about what exactly it is they do beyond the general scope of what such a title would suggest.
Unexpectedly, one item on the agenda turned out to be something I might actually be able to help with, involving some plant sharing with another homeowner.
So far, this has been a neat development for a lot of reasons. I’ll write more about it in the coming days.
Here you pay for a rain barrel in one place (City Hall), and then pick up in another (transfer station). The pick up place isn’t open as many days of the week as the pay place.
But it’s paid for, and that’s one less thing on the check box.
That is one of the reasons I have been so antsy now about the weather. The more spring showers we get, the more I realize what regrading I did manage to get to last year did help. At the same time, I want to finish what I started in other areas.
As can happen, although I had a clear plan in mind about how I would go about the regrade process, sometimes there’s that one thought or question in the back of your mind that just won’t die until it gets satisfied.
I’m sneaking this in and fudging the post date because I meant to write it (yesterday), but I’m really writing it now because I got caught up in something and realized too late it was past midnight. Continue reading “Rain barrel(s) mini update”
I checked the weather a bit ago, and night time temps will be roughly 10°F +/- above freezing the rest of the week. We have rain on the way starting tonight, but gentle winds, so today I’ll haul out our rain barrel from the cellar, and get it in place so it can take in some water before the winds pick up a wee bit tomorrow. Continue reading “Time to get the rain barrel out.”
This was barely started last year, and we found an hour to spare today with co-operation from the weather, so we hopped on it. Tomorrow I’ll post a bit more info about this project area overall.
For now, just two progress images, and I did not plan the before/after well because the shots are not exactly the same, though one seems much closer than the other thanks to Photoshop cropping. I put in arrows on the worse off pairing to show which post in the fence is the same to give a better idea of the change. Continue reading “Along the driveway progress”
Today was the only day this week that was forecast to not have precipitation, so we were determined to try to spend at least an hour outside. I know that seems a too small goal, but we have a lot going on besides just the gardens. Continue reading “Working as weather allows…”
