6/30/14
We did 9 and 7 yesterday (Sunday night), also this evening pulled a few weeds out of the front. If we are around this weekend, I think we will tackle the front weeds and invited others to do the same. Who knows how long it will take a landscaper to come? There is one patch, to the west of the front door and between the sidewalk and the street to the west of the Cablevision box (we called it the "boulevard" growing up in Chicago but it may be called a "curb strip" or "tree lawn" here), that has all turned into weeds... Not sure whether we can/should reseed at this point or wait til the new batch of compost is ready.
6/29/14
Weekend Update
Hello All,
The garden really so nice to spend time in after that massive clean-up last week. We did some watering of the back flower beds and light weeding yesterday. The hook-up for the hose reel that was out there in the main courtyard seems busted and I couldn't jam it back together enough to prevent significant leaks, so I dragged out the smaller reel from the basement and used that instead. We may try to water the front yards today as well. But if anyone's wondering what's happening out there in terms of the hoses, that's why.
We tumbled the compost a few times. It appears that someone mixed compost in with the mulch that we had put in the blue plastic tub a few weeks ago. Can we still use this mixture to put on top of beds to keep weeds down, etc.? The bed around the tree in the center of the garden is a good candidate.
I also dragged out a large copper vessel that was behind the dryers to hold yard waste so we may try keeping the mulch separately again. As some point, I intend to cut up the bamboo laying around and place it in there. Warning: This vessel has a false bottom and will leak. But I think that also makes it a good candidate to store yard waste that we do not want to put in the compost tumbler since it will drain.
Let me know if we should do any of this differently.
The garden really so nice to spend time in after that massive clean-up last week. We did some watering of the back flower beds and light weeding yesterday. The hook-up for the hose reel that was out there in the main courtyard seems busted and I couldn't jam it back together enough to prevent significant leaks, so I dragged out the smaller reel from the basement and used that instead. We may try to water the front yards today as well. But if anyone's wondering what's happening out there in terms of the hoses, that's why.
We tumbled the compost a few times. It appears that someone mixed compost in with the mulch that we had put in the blue plastic tub a few weeks ago. Can we still use this mixture to put on top of beds to keep weeds down, etc.? The bed around the tree in the center of the garden is a good candidate.
I also dragged out a large copper vessel that was behind the dryers to hold yard waste so we may try keeping the mulch separately again. As some point, I intend to cut up the bamboo laying around and place it in there. Warning: This vessel has a false bottom and will leak. But I think that also makes it a good candidate to store yard waste that we do not want to put in the compost tumbler since it will drain.
Let me know if we should do any of this differently.
6/25/14
Thanks to all . . .
who came out for our garden day, for sweeping, cleaning, watering, repairing, ice tea, cookies and company.
6/1/14
Sunday June 22 - garden clean up day
Come look around the garden, grab a broom or a rake to help clean up, see how the composter works, bring some of your house plants out and find a good place for them.
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