Strawberries, bird nets, mulch, and Wrens

We have been a little busy around here lately.  Not so much on the home improvement front, but other things.  I thought I’d play a little catchup.

Strawberries

Last year we moved the strawberry plants.  They had been in the same location for about 4 years or so and the concenus is that they only [...]

This year's vegetable garden

For all the things that went wrong this year, and for the things that did not happen, the one thing that stands out as a great success is the vegetable garden.  Even though it went in late, it immediately began producing good things like lettuce and strawberries.

We have eaten and given away more [...]

This year’s vegetable garden

For all the things that went wrong this year, and for the things that did not happen, the one thing that stands out as a great success is the vegetable garden.  Even though it went in late, it immediately began producing good things like lettuce and strawberries.

We have eaten and given away more [...]

Raised vegetable garden beds done

I haven’t posted any updates on this.  Basically, the vegetable garden work is done.  We have had a very very cool spring around here, so things are not growing as fast as they normally do.  This is the new look:

Basically the fence is 20 x 20 feet, so the enclosed area is 400 [...]

Raised Vegetable Garden Beds

This has been a bigger project than expected. We have an area in our yard that is exposed to sun almost all day long. It is a great location for a garden, however, it is a little wet. Last year, the vegetable garden did not do too well because it went in late and it [...]

Rototilling the vegetable garden

So it begins again… I got the rototiller out and began going over the garden. The nice thing is, I now own the Rototiller, as Jay was nice enough to sell it to me for a bargain. This year, I am going to put in raised beds with gravel walk ways. I am also going [...]