Holy crap I can't believe it's already time to do another State of the Yard post. But spring has basically suddenly sprung itself upon us and my yard is telling me that I can't ignore it any longer. So here is SOTY 2016, #1 ( Read more... )

This week, having finished projects, costumes, college application, and the time of daylight saving, I briefly reached a point of feeling Caught Up On Life. It was glorious. Ways I used up my fleeting free time included:


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The sidewalk is finished! (1 ( Read more... )

SotY: Apples and Sidewalk ( Read more... )

Due to laziness plus vacation I skimped on making any State of the Yard posts for the last month and a half, but now we're totally back in business. Today's SOTY edition: ALL APPLES ALL THE TIME ( Read more... )

The thing most worth noting in this SoTY post is that it hasn't noticeably rained in over two weeks, a major departure from last month. I attempted to remember to water things that needed watering, but I'm not very good at that, and I think some of my patches of baby grass are now dead, and none of the seeds I planted last month have done ( Read more... )

I keep meaning to post other things but that keeps not happening. At least SOTY posts are keeping me writing, even if this one is late ( Read more... )

June was a month of rain, rain, rain, and more rain. I'm pretty sure there was some precipitation every single day. I looked up official numbers and it appears Pittsburgh got 7.35" rain total. That's a lot. On the upside, everything is growing like mad, I got to spend some time on indoor projects, and when I did do some outdoor work, the dirt ( Read more... )

I found a single ripe raspberry yesterday on the new bush. Delicious ( Read more... )

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