Ah, like me you’re probably starting to get spring fever. I’ve got plants coming up in the garden and blossoms on my fruit tree. It’s wonderful. Along with all the garden stuff, my grass – where I can find it – is growing nice and tall and very green. And its got me thinking about how to spruce up the lawn a bit, which leads me to lawn aeration. If you don’t know what lawn aeration is, the basic definition is punching little holes into your lawn. Now, you may be wondering why in the world someone would punch holes in their lawn. I’m glad you asked!
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Gardening
Okay, so it’s not technically a true split rail, but it’s a sturdier alternative. This split rail looking fence with wire mesh was a necessity for us since the arrival of two puppies not long ago. The “Dog Whisperer” I am not, and I was clearly delusional in thinking I could have them trained to stay on command by the age of four months. Whether you need to keep puppies in or pests out, this just might be an appealing alternative to the traditional split rail fence. [click to continue…]
It seems as if I’ve been on a mission of late to show you how to grow plants and to use scrap materials to do it. I hope you’re not offended, but then again why would you be? It’s slowly becoming my life goal to grow my own food and to do it cheaply, and I guess since I’m pretty passionate about it I thought you might be interested in it as well. Even if you’re not, maybe you’ll at least be inspired to try something unique. This oddity, a barrel garden, I first saw on an hour-long YouTube video that I honestly only skipped through in order to get the highlights. Let’s face it, if a YouTube video is over 2.5 minutes long, you’re fast forwarding to the end. Who really has the time to watch some guy opine about Jersey Shore? I just wanna see the fight and move along.
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I’ve been talking a lot about gardens lately. I know, I’m sorry. It’s just that it’s that time of year and I am super pumped. I’ve spent the last few months doing tons of research to save space and increase my crops and so on and so forth to prepare for the season, and I feel that you need to know about all my research and doings. With that off my hairy chest, I thought I’d show you my hoop house that will keep my seedlings warm.
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As you may have read in a previous article, there are lots of chores to do even during the cold months in your garden. I just recently turned my compost for the umpteenth time and was thinking about the importance, benefits, and plain awesomeness that come with composting. And because I was turning the compost and then thinking about it I thought I’d share these tidbits with you. [click to continue…]
