Strawbales going good.

My bales are going good. 'maters, cukes, zukes, squash, eggplant, beans, herbs, and even some corn. So far the only bad thing to happen is a run in with some slugs.... nasty little things. The grape 'maters already set fruit and the larger varieties are blooming very well.

Trees

Ok,

Last weekend I planted ten flowering trees we received from the Arbor Day Foundation. On Friday my wife went to town and grabbed five trees from the local annual Tree Fest put on by the county extension. Then on Saturday I went down and grabbed five and my wife grabbed five more. All in all I've counted the trees up for our yard and it looks like we'll have 31 trees total after I plant this last batch of fifteen. Yes, they are small but give em time.

The other big deal is about $100.00 dollars worth of veggie and flower seeds.... I need to get my strawbales going, make sure I lay out all of the flower beds and finish planting the trees.

Mike

The New Year.

Well,

2010 has rolled in and it is cold outside for us here in North Carolina. So I've been inside a lot. Aside from tending to the bird feeders, I haven't really done a thing in the yard. I check out the little beds I have so far and then turn to the internet for my 2010 scheming. I have been doing a lot of reading on straw bale gardens and also on putting in a meadow in the far back of my yard.

For the first part of my plan, I want to construct a trellis which will go over the top and outsides of my straw bale attempt at a garden this year. Hopefully it will pan out for me.

Next on the docket is the plans for the flower beds. Megan loves fragrant flowers so I've been thumbing through all of the seed catalogs. I need to get a move on...

I've got a few saplings I need to plant when the temps warm up a bit as well as get started on tilling some new beds in and the adding some soil.

Thats all for today.

Happy New Year!

First post

Hello all,

This will be my first post as I attempt to chronicle my progress in the yard. After this past summer I feel I need to keep track of what I'm doing. I've made some progress but nothing I feel I should post here just yet. I'm going to take some pictures of the current state of the yard and follow them up as I correct the things I've learned and post after shots. I look forward to any and all advise I may gather here.

Thanks for looking,

Mike