I took a look at the pond yesterday and was pleased to see a couple of larger goldfish swimming near the surface (I don’t know how this happens, but the fish always look bigger after the winter). I noticed that the netting needed adjusted so I went out back to …
I can’t believe I didn’t post about this earlier, but I’m trying out hydroponics this winter. I have two areas set up in my basement–one for smaller plants and another for larger ones. I planted two tomatoes, one cuke, one pepper, some lettuce, basil, and parsley. I have the smaller …
The sun is setting at 8pm today! This is really hampering my evening outdoors progress. I’m in the middle of a bunch of projects (patching the other side porch, caulking windows, planting grass in the dog area, plus my usual gardening and landscaping tasks). Oh well, if I don’t get …
In the slowest moving year ever, how is it the middle of August already? I’ve been spending the evenings and weekends trying to tackle some outside (both yard and house) projects. Hopefully we’ll have a nice September so I can continue working for a bit. Of course, there won’t be …
It has been very hot outside. This hasn’t stopped me from doing things in the yard in the evening because stuff needs to be done. I finally finished mulching and weeding the pond hillside, for one. And I did remove some more ivy from the shed area. I had to …