Jumping right back into the groove of getting stuff done in the yard, the weather has turned cool, the skies are clear and the air is crisp and clean. It is the perfect time to be doing some more work on the wall for our main path. After letting the concrete set for a few…
Category: DIY
Jungle with a side of concrete
Jungles are not meant to have concrete poured in them, but sometimes concrete is the way to ensure our jungle stays alive and well. Or at least we hope that is the case. As noted in my last post, we spent the weekend working on putting in the posts that will make our new retaining…
Where has summer gone?
Just breathe…FINALLY! After two months of smoky skies, worst air quality in the world, and dim apocolyptic scenery, we are finally seeing numerous days of sun, with a little rain! The smoke isn’t far, and if the wind blows right, then we can catch a smell of it on the breeze, but it has been…
Brain Food
Jealous of K being able to do so much work in the yard, and being completely stuck indoors, I decided to get started on a project that I have been thinking about since the winter. This last Christmas, I was working on setting up our decor, getting the tree all setup and our house all…
Human Bulldozer
Juvenescent energy struck K this spring. Not that we are old, we are still quite young, but he has had the energy of a teenager that is invincible to any sort of force that might slow him down. At this exact same moment, my body struck me down and crippled me the moment I went…
Storms Passage
Journaling our progress throughout the year is going to help us determine the best times to plant and when we can expect to harvest. We decided to start being strict about how we analyze our yard this year…and of course this year would be an odd-ball year. We had a long winter, and spring seems…
Fall Fiasco Fun
Jumping and skittering about, crunching and crinkling…I wish I was only talking about the beautiful fall leaves as the sweep across our paths and through the yard. Unfortunately those sounds and actions are also the mice and one large rat that have started prepping for the winter months. When our yard was full of junipers…
The Harvest
Jonesing for some delicious fresh food after consuming so much rich food in Germany, K and I have been working hard harvesting all that is coming out of our garden. We were worried that we had missed a good portion of the harvest this year by being away for most of August, but our lovely…
It’s a jungle out there!
Joyful to be home after two amazing weeks cycling through Germany and Austria, we were eager to see how our plants were faring. We knew from updates from family that it had continued to be a wet summer while we were gone, but there were a few good days of hot sunshine, which should have…
Breaking Ground
Jostling jugs of water up and down our hill didn’t seem like the best way to get water to our plants. Last year we had about a quarter of the plants that we do this year and it wasn’t so bad. K and I would spend an hour every night before bed giving our plants…
JK Building The Dream 