Video Recommendation

I love to check out YouTube videos as I often find I learn more easily when things are visual. I am starting a Back to Eden Garden and am still adding wood chips to a sunny area to the side of my driveway. Right now I am fighting Bermuda Grass and trying to get it…

Is it Fall Yet?

Summer in Texas can really be brutal. After all the flooding and hail the dog days of summer finally hit. We ended up where we had several months over 100 degrees every day. When the temps go triple digit we pretty much hibernate indoors and let the outdoors go on auto pilot. The crazy Texas summer heat…

Lessons in the Garden

Wow.. time flies when you have a lot of things going on. So much has happened in the last few months and there is still so much more to do. And if that isn't enough the weather here in Texas is creating its own chaos. We have had tons of rain and flooding as well…

Irons in the Fire

Wow .. we have been busy. The garden has been worked on a little here and there and we have added more gutters. We have also had some loads of wood chips dropped and are working on the side yard to be a Back to Eden garden. The stuff grown on  the gutters are doing…

Garden Progress

I spent half a day getting the area I will grow crops like cucumbers and peas that need trellis support, ready to plant. When I first moved in I had purchased a 4' x 16' cattle panel that was cut into 4 pieces and used it as my compost pile. It was a good idea but…

More of the Same

The next day dawned and I was definitely sore. It was nice to see the chicken coop, both in the run and outside looking nice. I also enjoy the smell of the wood chips when I am working around that area. But the coop is only the beginning.. and the day was supposed to be nice…

Steak, potatoes and Aleve..

I got my wood chips on Tuesday and had to work all week and dream about where I was going to put them. I had so many plans I could not wait to get started moving them. I needed a wheelbarrow so did some comparison shopping online at Lowe's, and decided I  liked the Kobalt 6 cubic…

Back to Eden and other Projects

  My previous post was how I managed to score some free wood chips. I have several areas I want to use them and cannot wait to get the load dropped so I can get started on some projects. One of the places that will get the wood chips is the chicken coop. I have…