The other bits that help the garden grow.
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.
I made a decision about how to mark the survivors of this year’s planting. I’m also trying to keep track of how many grew from how many seeds (when I can recall).
For now, I’m trying to keep this a free site because right now we need the funds for other things (read: house poor). Since my cheaper camera either has malfunctioned or I need a new storage disk for it, I’ve mostly been using the better camera. Continue reading “Quick notice regarding images”
I updated the countdown for the install of the rain barrel itself. That should be easy enough as long as we can get over there to pick it up on a day the center is open. Getting the guttering up in that corner, though…that’s a bit more iffy.
The office view I posted the other day now has twice the dandelions shown there.
Greenery is bursting out everywhere, some still smothering some plants I don’t want smothered. Continue reading “Feeling a bit overwhelmed!”
I ordered late, hence their arrival time. They actually shipped faster than I expected since we stuck with the less expensive table shipping method. I’m a little concerned about how late we will be starting some of these seeds, given our short growing season here. Then again, our frost time did drag out this year, so many will be pretty close to right on time. Still, better a bit late then never at all!
I forget when I found this book, but I have a copy of Good Bugs for Your Garden [Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1995], written by Allison Mia Starcher.
It has lovely illustrations, and contains downright sensible and needed information for those who want to at least lower their reliance on chemical pesticides even if they are not willing to go full out organic with pest control.
It’s also a small, almost pocket sized book. Easy to tuck into a backpack, tote or handbag. Also one that won’t take up much space if you are the sort to keep reading materials in your bathroom.
Continue reading “Encouraging beneficial insects”
So my original target for the regrade in the safety glass bed was the 4th. That didn’t quite happen as planned, as rain kept happening and other life bits too. Continue reading “Deadlines pass, other stuff happened.”
I had made non yard plans today because we were supposed to have rain. Yet it skipped us. Tomorrow, though, the forecast assures me, there will be rain! I have a backup yard plan if it doesn’t rain as much as they claim. Time will tell. Continue reading “Keeping focus”
