Totally didn't expect to take this project on this weekend, however, Lowe's had a sale on all patio pavers. The path has always looked ratty and wind-torn. All summer I've been thinking about how i was going to go about fixing it up.

Labels: retaining wall, walk way, weekend project, yard

Finally, the tree is in. It's a Autumn Purple White Ash.

Labels: Colorado, garden, landscaping, National Arbor Day Foundatin, weekend project

Spent a weekend back in Ellis County. Charlie gave us the tour of things he's planted, and things that just grow wild. After the moisture they received this winter, you can see the evidence of plants waiting for the right opportunity to surface.

Thanks Charlie for spending the morning with us.

Labels: garden, Kansas, weekend project

Sunday was full of sun and sweat. I built a raised box that can move each year with the rotation. In it I planted carrots and leeks. The same bed is home to peas and spinach and soon to be onions.

I noticed that some of the farmers in Boulder County started to plant corn this weekend, so i took it upon myself to sew my first planting. Adjacent the corn is a few rows of lettuce.

Burpee said we're a Zone 5 and that is why my potatoes and onions (300 sets!!) will be here this week, rather than a month ago.

Labels: Burpee, garden, seeds, Spinach, weekend project

So, my buddy Bruce calls me the other day. We share gardening woes and triumphs. He recently stumbled upon a book All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew. Bruce's garden is growing in size this year. Last year, he put in his second bed, and the plan this year is to try Mel's techniques.


The Square Foot Gardening practice is interesting. I've not heard of plotting in squares before. Just co-mingling early, mid and late season plants to make the best use of the limited garden space.

Labels: garden, weekend project

In the summer of 2006, i received a cutting of ivy from a relatives yard. This specimen comes from somewhere near Ripon, England, brought to Studley, Kansas by my homesteading ancestors who were English sheep ranchers
( Cottonwood Ranch ). It was then passed to Aurora, Colorado by way of Hays, Kansas.

I do not want it in my yard, but I think I have found a solution. With my junk resources, I probably will make this a bit more interesting, but it serves as inspiration.

Labels: decor, ivy, light fixture, weekend project