There are plum and pear trees planted. The garden is sprouting beans, peas, greens, tomatoes and peppers. Everything is in order for the best summer yet!
I finished the final rain barrel installation this morning and I am glad to say that, after a nice heavy day of rain, I've got about 220 gallons of rainwater waiting for me to use it.
I've begun work on the chicken coop. I will post some progress images soon. The main garden bed has been prepped and I've planted some popcorn as well as kale and other greens there as well.
I've got Nasturtium flowers growing on my edges and I even got my hands on a moon flower to help the local bats this year.
This is going to be a banner season!
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Friday, March 21, 2014
Life after PDC
I am currently working on several projects right now. Most of them will come to fruition in the spring. I don't want to make any promises at this time, but the projects include some permaculture design, chickens, blacksmith work, gardening in my backyard and potentially doing some community work in the Brightmoor area in preparation for a bigger move one day soon.
Not to be too cryptic about everything, I'll disclose some info on some of these. The foundations for the chicken coop are in…sort of. I plan to break ground on this project after the weather breaks in the spring. Finally… I have the design pretty much planned and now I just have to take the time to complete it. It should be fun once I get started, which will make it a bit easier to complete.
In conjunction with the coop, I am planning on having the gigantic oak tree removed from the middle of my back garden and after that, I'll dig a couple of swales and get some fruit trees started. This will be in addition to increasing the garden space again this year and getting the vegetables in early using cold frames and maybe even the greenhouse chicken coop.
In the meantime, I'm working on building a small blacksmithing operation. At first glance, most of what I'm doing with this is going to look pretty sad. I'm building my forge from found and recycled materials. I got my hands on a boatload of incredibly old tools, some that my grandfather used 70+ years ago. Everything is old and a bit beat up, but we have all the tools and supplies that we need to get started now. The plan is to begin by attempting to forge some knives and cutting tools. We may try to make some of our own blacksmithing tools as well. I'll be posting images and videos as we are going along.
More to come in the next day or so...
Not to be too cryptic about everything, I'll disclose some info on some of these. The foundations for the chicken coop are in…sort of. I plan to break ground on this project after the weather breaks in the spring. Finally… I have the design pretty much planned and now I just have to take the time to complete it. It should be fun once I get started, which will make it a bit easier to complete.
In conjunction with the coop, I am planning on having the gigantic oak tree removed from the middle of my back garden and after that, I'll dig a couple of swales and get some fruit trees started. This will be in addition to increasing the garden space again this year and getting the vegetables in early using cold frames and maybe even the greenhouse chicken coop.
In the meantime, I'm working on building a small blacksmithing operation. At first glance, most of what I'm doing with this is going to look pretty sad. I'm building my forge from found and recycled materials. I got my hands on a boatload of incredibly old tools, some that my grandfather used 70+ years ago. Everything is old and a bit beat up, but we have all the tools and supplies that we need to get started now. The plan is to begin by attempting to forge some knives and cutting tools. We may try to make some of our own blacksmithing tools as well. I'll be posting images and videos as we are going along.
More to come in the next day or so...
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