We have spent some amount of time fixing up the yard. I think the worst of it was removing all the asphalt around the back of the house. What a terrible way to make a patio.
As a part of our long term goals for the house, landscaping is somewhere in the middle of the list. [...]
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Feeding the fruit trees
Last fall, Mike, a friend of ours, who also happens to be a pomologist stopped by and took a look at our pear tree. Over the last several years, I have been slowly pruning back the pear tree in order to get better fruit from it. Thus far we have seen some results, but they [...]
Our home improvement progress
We have sort of hit a wall this year. Looking back on it, almost nothing happened that was supposed to. First off, we sort of ran out of funds and time. What with the $4.87 per gallon gas this summer, expenses from my children, the ever increasing cost of health care, and all the time [...]
Garden Salsa
Upon returning from vacation, we have found the garden to be over producing across the board. We are inundated with tomatoes, green peppers, jalapeno peppers, onions, carrots, beans, cucumbers, peas, etc. The solution; start making stuff. I have already made about 10 jars of pickles and a batch of garden salsa. The salsa came out [...]
Japanese Beetle traps, Part II
About 10 days ago I placed five Spectracide® Bag-A-Bug® Japanese Beetle Traps around our yard. They immediately began filling up with Japanese Beetles, which is the desired effect. The question is, are they effective in reducing Japanese Beetle populations on the plants that are infested, or do they merely attract Japanese Beetles from [...]
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