Jackpot!

by Garden-Wellington

This morning Tim was driving by a lot where a couple of men were putting branches through a chipper. He stopped and asked what they would do with the chips.  They had no plans, so Tim offered to take them off their hands and they thought that was great.  We went back later with the trailer to fill it up with wood chips for our sheet mulching.  We backed the trailer up to where they were chipping and left it there for a while, and they turned the chipper to blow the chips right into the trailer. ...

Cutting Back on Power Consumption

by Wellington

Another thing we have been doing to reduce-reuse-recycle is to cut back on our consumption of resources (reduce).  We turned off the hot tub, cancelled the satellite (and limit our tv to an occasional movie from Netflix), and are turning off things when not in use.  We just got our most recent electric bill, and last month we used about half the power we used a previous month, and about $70 less!! Woohooooo!  Our water usage is less, too, but doesn't cost us any less.  There is a minimum charge, ...

Outdoor Changes

by Garden-Wellington

Tim has completed tiers 1,2,3 & 4, and some sloping below #4.  It looks great. The tractor could use some maintenance, but has held up pretty well. (THANKS for all your hard work, honey!)  The next step will be to start our sheet mulching (or composting) to prepare the soil.  First we will put down cardboard to stop the weeds from coming up and to give the worms a nice, damp spot underneath where they can go and do their thing.  (Eventually the cardboard will break down and allow roots from ...