Sunlight, compost, and a few companions: plants don’t need much to have a good time. First lunch time harvest I don’t use any chemical fertilizers and I don’t use any […]

The watering system seems it can only extend so far before it becomes ineffective. Since my hand strength is too low to completely seal every joint, I have to let […]

I’m calling this one the “slip-cover soaker” design. Cut up normal hose and feed it over soaker hose to only expose sections of the soaker hose where desired. It took […]

The protracted struggle to clear the brush pile has ended. Today I put in a good five to six hours and cleared out the rest of the brush. I trimmed […]

I tended to the front yard today, where bushes and plants were slightly overgrown. I pulled out a lot of vines and stuffed them at the bottom of the grass […]

When I came home, I turned on the watering system, and found that one of the soaker hoses, where I had cinched it off, had broken open. I was able […]

Today was exciting. Last week I saw a commercial modular watering system where the hoses only watered on the beds and used regular hose to bring water to the beds. […]

Spent all day (peacefully) attacking the brush pile. I made several barrels of good homemade mulch and sorted branches for use later. In the middle of the day, I pulled […]

At Home Depot today I went to pick up a spray bottle and an extension cord, and of course could not help but pass by their garden offerings. What should […]