Tuesday morning

[ailsaek]

Good morning all. Feels like it's going to be a scorcher today. I might still do some digging in the garden, but I might just focus on tidying up inside instead. I do need to get everything watered, though, cos I didn't water yesterday

Comments

[butterflymama3]

I was thinking of getting Jeff a raincatcher bucket for Father's Day. We are trying hard to become more green. We planted a bunch of stuff this weekend for food. He is using the Square Foot Gardening approach.

[quietann]

Rainbarrels are good, especially if you have gutters. Some towns offer them free, and some charge a more-or-less nominal amount ($25 or less). We have three and I use them for non-essential watering, and some essential watering if I am not feeling lazy. One has its hose directed to the cherry tree, and about once a month I open it up and let it dump ~100 gallons of water on the tree, and the tree likes this. (It's on the side of a hill and in very well-drained soil, so 100 gallons doesn't flood it.)