Kerry’s Garden

With last year’s drought a distant memory I am preparing for this year’s garden. Things are pretty soggy outside and have been for some time. I am sure the trees are loving this moisture. It hasn’t been very cold but fortunately cold enough to keep things dormant so far in my yard. This wet and [...]

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It was very hard not to get depressed this summer every time I looked outside. By the time I was able to get back outside after my surgery the drought was in full swing. My rain barrels helped some but when there is no rain coming for weeks on end empty barrels don’t do much [...]

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Slowly but surely I am getting my energy back. Today I mowed part of my part of the lawn. It was in desperate need and I did pretty good. We have a pretty good chance of rain tonight and tomorrow and the ground is bone dry so I emptied both barrels giving about half the [...]

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No great gardening plans were carried out today. I ended up coming home early with stomach issues. After a nap and some medi, I did feel a little better but I am still not sure if it was something I ate, orneriness catching up with me or what. I knew if I accomplished nothing else [...]

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Today was one of those days that started out rough (headache and a trip to the chiropractor) but I ended up getting a lot of little stuff done after a 2hr nap. I transplanted some small containers of willow (scarlet curls and black maul from cuttings), lavender (2 minis I picked up from ebay), chives [...]

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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 by business. [...]

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I picked this up at a local BigBox for 19.99. It is an Acu-Rite 00754 Wireless Weather and Atomic Clock Station. It has a range of 100′ and the clock automatically sets via a radio signal from the atomic clock in Colorado. I put the sensor on a tree about 20 feet from the corner [...]

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