Yesterday was Memorial Day and the weather was fabulous, so naturally I spent the whole day working outside.  I amended one little bed on the North (backside) of my house.  By “amended”  mean I took my shovel, dug down as deep as I could, then turned and broke up the “soil” (that’s my [...]

I haven’t been able to get much done in my yard lately due to the wet weather, my child’s birthday and the general craziness going.  I did manage to do a few things though.  Aside from the basic clean-up and weeding that never ends I also planted almost all the plants and trees I [...]

While I’ve been waiting on my husband’s availability to finish the playground, I decided to take up another endeavor.  The area to the west of my house has been completely set aside for a vegetable garden.  The idea is that there will be a path down the middle going north/south and another crossing it going [...]