Kerry’s Garden

Recycle it into a soaker hose.
I was needing a soaker hose for a couple of beds. The plan was to put it under some mulch to keep it out of site and cut down on the evaporation. I decided to make one and built a quick and easy tool to help [...]

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While I was at a local Farm supply store a couple of weeks ago I saw that they had a lot of 60 gallon plastic barrels for sale at $7.50 each. These had food in them originally and came in black, orange and light blue. I made a mental note and went about [...]

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I would love to have the entire yard and garden set up on drip irrigation. It would save water, energy and time but unfortunately I can’t afford the initial cost. I have about 200′ of hose that reaches almost anywhere in the yard that I want to go. For the few plants [...]

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She SCORES again. Today I took a trip to B. & J.’s place to pick up some manure. They have a neighbor with a dozen or so horses, a rather large pile of aged manure AND a front end loader. Just the kind of neighbor every gardener wants. Two huge scoops for [...]

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We have some very old silver maple trees on our street. According to the arborist that came to remove several of the trees in my neighbor’s yard, about 100 years old. Now I am the last person to advocate the removal of trees just because and certainly not ones this old but a [...]

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