So this time my TracFone decided to email the picture I took a week ago:
It's my SFG. Yeah, you know: me.
Don’t think it looks like much? It’d look like a whole lot less if I hadn’t bought some seedlings from Plants of the Southwest.
Also, appearances notwithstanding, it’s set on (mostly) bare [...]
As you might imagine, I’ve been mighty dilatory about turning the old compost of late. So today I decided I’d get to it. I’m feeling better, and physical activity helps sharpen my mind. And something sure has to.
Because even without being turned – i.e., aerated – the stuff in the bin smelled mostly like [...]
It’s not a cliché if it’s literally true, right?
I’d resigned myself to not having honeysuckle blossoms – with their attendant wonderful aroma – of my own this year. I was prepared to be content with the fact that both the honeysuckles I’ve got in the ground, the store-bought one and the one I coaxed into [...]
So today I decided, no more excuses, and went forth into the back yard to plant my honeysuckle.
It’s supposed to get really windy later. That struck me as not ideal for planting a tender transplant. Then again, it’s gonna have to get used to our wind soon or late. Also I’ve been putting it off [...]
I know that sounds like the beginning of a limerick. Sadly, that’s all there is and there ain’t no mo’.
It’s just that today I was reminded of the tool’s excellence by the simple fact of using it to begin expunging the weeds from my front yard. It’s just great for that. It’ll [...]
… I think.
As mentioned before, late this winter I decided to get serious about landscaping (among numerous other things.) I started researching inexpensive and easy composters. Despite some excellent advice from friends I wasn’t finding anything quite cheap and easy enough.
Then my friend Harriet Engle, who lives in a duplex next to my friend Roslee [...]
Kids, don’t try this at home!
The purpose of this post is purely to show how utterly easy it is to compost kitchen wastes. If you want to do any kind of landscaping or gardening, or if you’re interested in recycling or self-sufficiency, now you’ll have no excuse not to just get started.
I do not recommend [...]