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@baymule Returned to the scene! How taut does the wire have to or need to be? Planning on keeping the dogs separate from the parrots with this one and the garden protected from BOTH. This is going to keep me awake tonight. :barnie

Last frost date average is march 1-10 for St. Augustine. A little bit after mine of 15 February. Around 1 August, I feel that I will burst into flames. Walk outside, sweat everything I drank for the last month and POOF! Gone in flames. We've got 60s this week and will dip back into the 30s...

Polyurethane coating. Is that to water proof the wood or something else? You know, I have way too many projects right now to even be considering a grow table... this week.

Started seeds in the plastic squares I saved with bought dirt. Zucchini, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, jalapenos, sweet banana peppers and thyme. The peat pots are having issues. The tray is cracked. Made a try, now just need to dump it and put the peat pellets in a plastic box. No seeds in...

Zone 9. According to my planting table, middle of February (last frost date) for planting outdoors for the spring crops before it gets too hot and everything bursts into flames. Then August and September for the fall crops. Fasten your seatbelt, we've got a lot to do. I put 6"+ woodchips...

Then something must be wrong in my corner. I've been mowing, yanking and burning the corner at least every other year. It is not sumac. Close to trumpet vine. Grows like the weed it is. Peppervine! http://www.foragingtexas.com/2008/09/peppervine.html I'll be horn swaggled. This is...

Sounds like a plan! After watching all the utube videos, I don't think we can go wrong. Make a pile and nature happens. Keeps the parrots busy. I cleaned a fence from some vines (honeysuckle and blackberry were losing to the sumac (? have to look that up)) so I cut everything. See if the...

Perchance, whence did you get the maypop seeds? They are high on my list. How is germination rate and transplanting? Are there better eating varieties? I cleaned *some* of the garage before supper called and found a flat of those peat pellets that Crazy Lady drug home and stored. Got a start!

:love Pure, polite poetry performed perfectly! I'm allergic to alliteration. <achoo!>

So Crazy Lady wanted some coconut milk. Poked a hole in it and stuck in a straw. Then she wanted to eat the meat. We opened it up and nothing inside. Tossed it to the parrots. They picked the inside apart, but there was no meat? The hull has been sitting there since Thanksgiving. Neat...

Hush - the HOA may hear. <wink, wink, nudge, nudge>

I've been looking. Not a lot of leaf baggers around here. I am happy with the wood chips. I do keep my eyes open for gardening opportunities. What are your thoughts on palm tree cleaning material? Neighbor strips his trees yearly, so I can get that. But it is thick and fibrous. Most...

Dark humor. No one gets out alive! :) Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse. I do like the T-shirt. Had a bunch of pine needle in a fence circle. Every year I'd pull it apart, get the little bit that composted from the center and put everything back in. Years. Adding kitchen...

@flowerbug -this is why I am asking. The freeze killed most of the plants at Lowes, including the ones in the greenhouse I was told. But there they are, lettuces and cabbages. Looking pitiful. I don't have a place to plant, so I'm not adopting. And it is raining, so no dirt work today...

I'm redecorating... ;) It rained and I can't do a thing with my loft! That and they denuded it. Grass was doing well until it got cold. Maybe when we exercise tomorrow... I've got dirt, pots and seeds. Just need some time. And some trays. The under bed storage drawer broke. Plan B is...

BTW - checking the math on dog kennels versus t-posts and fencing, I should have bought t posts. 50 feet of 7' welded wire fence and t posts are cheaper. Look at all the money I'm saving.

Checked my math. The tree trunks aren't 24" across. I'll be realistic and have 1" of branches AND cardboard on bottom. Cover lightly with chips may get us to 3". Still need dirt. I may get a total of 10" in there before it spills... So I was tired when hauling the logs. Looks like I did a...

I've got an area designated for the garden. Had 3 more trees felled due to death. The rain from the hurricane pushed 3 over the edge and I'm watching a couple more. So tree trunk chunks for edging, cardboard in an attempt to suppress bermuda grass (6" of composted wood chips and it is pushing...

Regardless, you are still adorable! Store bought dirt it is then. After the thaw, I'll run to town.

3 "snows", and I use the term loosely, in the same winter in Houston. Whoda thunk it? We got ice pellets. Everyone got sent home. Cute. Real cute. 60's for the weekend. Wet, wet, wet. May get to play with the post pounder. @baymule I would like to say that you are adorable in your coat...