Gardening
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Compost Pile for Fall Leaves – 22 October 2020
Last season (fall 2018) I started a compost pile for the falling leaves of the four trees in our yard. I did it to reduce the number of twenty-plus 34 gallon leaf bags I had to fill and set at the curb to be picked up by the city. The fee charged for the pickup… Continue reading
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So. Why Build a French Drain/ Nobody Asked
Ten years ago, I looked at half of the front yard of our newly purchased house and had an idea. A garden wall. Sit, talk, watch the stars. Plant some flowers too, though I am not a flower person. Over the years I had developed an extreme dislike for the pebbles covering the area. I hate… Continue reading