I have an idea I would like to share. We put up an old mailbox at the garden gate and i keep all kind of things in it, a knife, sissors, string, plastic bags, wire, pliers etc. Everything is there and I don't have to walk all way back to the house for supplies when something needs fixing.
I have been using a mantis for eighteen years and love it. when hubby was working, seemed to always rain just before his day off. be too wet for the big tiller. i would use the little one in the middle of the week. Since he has retired he uses the big tiller for the big garden. i have two ladies...
I have a greenhouse here in OK. Mine is in the sun and it does get hot in there. I have a no. 60 shade cloth over it. I think the fan also helps control diseases. My biggest problem is spider mites.
I have a lot of roses and in the fall I cut them back a little and put the cutting out. Some roses root a lot easer than others. The Knockout roses root very easy but I don't think they are as pretty as the long stemmed tea rose. I almost gave up growing roses a few years ago, they would not...