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I used black plastic last year and didn't have any trouble with the heat bothering my veggies, but I pinned it down over my fall layer of leaf mulch...there was quite a bit of space between the plastic and th ground. Also I don't think my summers get nearly as hot as yours, bay.

It is warm here too...we have sold our entire stock of charcoal for grills the past few days. I haven't had enough time off to do anything outside in the daylight in weeks. Everything should slow down at work after Wednesday, and the days are getting longer! Until then, I am dreaming with my...

I used to have a small tiller just my size, that we used to cultivate the rows in our giant vegetable garden. Dad bought it because neither mom nor I could turn his big tiller without a lot of effort and being sore for days after. It wouldn't cultivate as deep as the large ones and was like...

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Ours weren't that bad...just places where we used to have boardwalk style paths on gravel from the driveway to the back door to the old shed. When the shed finally got torn down and we changed the walkways around the house, they just put some mulch on top of it and left it for about 8 years...

Yeah, I have cleaned out a few areas my mother thought it would be brilliant to use the landscape fabric type weed cloth in. It's not fun at all, and I don't want to do that to myself again. What I actually use on my veg bed is just plain black plastic. I don't know if it's because I am...

I want to experiment with growing annual vines to give me some shade for my west facing bedroom window, too. I was actually debating if I had the work ethic to make myself my own little secret garden there, just for me....but I had best start simple. I don't work in the garden very long at a...

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I wanted to use weed cloth last year, ended up using black plastic 'cloth' last year to get the bindweed in the veg bed under control. It was a game changer for me. Bought it and a couple of boxes of ground staples, rolled it out, overlapped the edges a few inches, pinned it down, and off I...

I didn't expand my veg bed space last fall as planned, so I don't have a lot of dedicated space. I did overbuy on veg seed last year, so I think my goal is to use it up and only order flowers. I order mainly from Baker Creek and SSE. Going to cut back on tomatoes a little this year, and just...

It is 12 degrees this morning, wind chill of 5. I am glad to be able to stay snuggled up inside today!

I have a goal list for the winter hobbies I want to knock out of the way, but health wise, making a commitment to sleeping on a schedule, best I can on swing shift, and eating actual meals and not just grazing.

I had a meteorologist tell me once they can only truly be accurate for weather during the next half hour. Anything farther out is an educated guess... We only got about two inches of the four to seven inches they forecast for us last night....and none of the inch of ice!

I have tried that, but my mower usually spreads them so thin I have to stop and rake them back into a row every pass. It's time consuming and I try to be efficient. I hate to say it, but I'm a a little lazy. I don't have a lot of free time for my hobbies, so I try to handle things as little...

When I first started I had to go outside with him, but usually just opening the door and telling him I heard him warning me there was something there and thanking him worked. After a couple of weeks I could tap the glass or just open the door (that always gets his attention, no matter how...

Thanks Steve, it is a purchase far in my future, but I would probably be happier investing in a heavier one that can eat the small limbs that come down in summer storms. I used to rent one a few times a year, but they raised the rates recently and for what it costs now I might as well buy my...

I have a couple of inches of snow on the ground, but I did peek under the mulch a few days ago, and my garlic has sprouted. I put all of the houseplants in the bathtub and turned the shower on them for a few minutes to knock the dust off and give them a good drink. The ginger root I planted a...

I am thinking about getting one of those little electric chippers from harbor freight to chip leaves and small sticks and stemmy yard waste for my compost, to help them break down faster.

Oh, it would be possible to pound in posts, but my post-pounding person and his tractor are still doing farming stuff 7 days a week. I decided not to worry about that part...it will happen, just not in the original timeline. I continue to tuck money into the fence jar every paycheck....by the...