It was a hot Saturday with lots of sun, so I put the last raised bed together, from the cedar I bought back in April. Having made two already, the […]

Tonight I finally put the pear in the ground and started training the branches. The pear limbs are nice and supple compared to other fruit trees of its height and […]

Tonight I strung up some supports for the tomatoes in the “walking garden.” This garden is simply a layer of grass clippings with six inches of compost on top. I […]

This evening I raked up the leaf piles and deposited them behind the shed. They’re quite wet so I’m counting on them to decompose rather quickly. At this point I […]

I finally got around to moving a big brush pile from the willow cuttings a few weeks ago. I was motivated after chatting with my neighbor about Japanese beetles that […]

This morning I made three barrels of leaf compost from the brush. There’s still a lot of it left.. I also spotted a juvenile rabbit in the yard. A few […]

Going to be on light yard work for the next few days. Interior part of my right shoulder has a burning pain. I’ve probably overworked it. I think I aggravated […]

Finally got around to planting one of the three fruit trees that I bought. I wanted to put them in the sunny zone near the vegetables, and admitted I was […]

Today was a long day of yard work. I had a lot of fun, as usual. First order of business was tidying up brush from the cut trees. I spent […]