The sign above is exactly how I’m feeling this week. We’ve been working hard in our yards this week; I’ve been shoveling lots to get rid of a small hill that’s in the way of yard renovations, Kathy (and her husband) have been cutting down trees to make sunnier spots for new veggie beds. We’ve [...]
Kathy is out of town right now, so I’m stopping in on the birds this week As usual in Colorado, we’ve had highs in the single digits this week (Tuesday) with snow and then it was about 55 degrees yesterday midday. What do you do? When I checked the birds Tuesday, they were happy to [...]
2011 has been a hard year to be a new gardener. We had brutal hail in May (When Hail Strikes) and last week we had our first big snow storm of the season after weather in the 70-80 degree range. Since I knew the storm was coming, I “tented” my tomato plants with the same [...]
So after we had big hail, I kind of avoided my yard for a couple of days I wasn’t sure what was going to make it and didn’t want to see all the destruction. However, I finally got my butt back into gear and cleaned up all the broken dividers (plastic blinds), broken plants, and leaves [...]