On the way home from work, I researched a fruit tree-growing technique called “espalier”, where the tree branches are guided to grow horizontally at easy picking height. Apparently this technique […]

The Dutch Plant Farm dropped off the three trees I bought during their Memorial Day sale. How could I say no to fruit trees at 50% off? Seeing the trees […]

I used the left-behind pole saw to take off shoots from the big tree. My problem was I was using too much force, and as a result, the saw kept […]

This morning I went with my spouse to a nearby nursery and thankfully was able to find kale, cabbage, and other leafy greens for planting. We were also very happy […]

This morning I continued processing the cut branches for leaves and twigs. That was about three hours of work. There are still more branches to process. It turns out the […]

I was able to work from home today, so I used the time in the morning to saw some small tree branches to get practice as a tree-caretaker. Now having […]

Finishing mowing the lawn. There was a tall grassy patch next to the driveway which I had not mowed at all since moving in. I almost mowed a nest of […]

My spouse was extremely unhappy about the leaf compost in the driveway, even though there’s ample space for 4 cards in the driveway, so this morning I awoke at the […]

Today was a lot of work. Bussard Bros dropped off 3 cubic yards of leaf compost. It was a whole lot of compost. First things first: Need a place to […]

A few photos of the creek after the massive rains, taken on my way to the train station.