Projects

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Projects
If we stay here, there are a few projects that I would like to do by summer. I have asked DH to put up a clothes line after the snow melts. This will help lower our electric & nat gas bills. Our dryer is gas but requires electric to keep it running. It is also very dry here so clothes should dry in no time. I am also looking into putting in a garden this summer. Most of our yard is rock covered but there are flower beds along each side of the house. I am going to use them for a few things. I have to research things a little more. In TX we could grow pretty much anything depending on the time of the year. Here the growing season is from the end of May to September and that is it. There is a local gardening center that I am going to look at to see what kind of seeds they have. It is still to early for me to start seeds but I want to be ready. We also have 3 producing apple trees as well as a cherry, plum and a fig. I want to beat the birds to the fruit this year and put some of it up. I am also toying with the idea of asking our landlord if we can build a small chicken coop and have a few hens. I would then not have to throw my scraps in the trash. We are advised not to have compost piles here because of the mice carrying the hanta virus. They say that compost attracts them. I know we can have chickens in our neighborhood because we have a neighbor with a loud rooster. I don't want a rooster, maybe 4 to 6 hens for eggs. Then I could do away with paying the high price for them. We would have to supplement with some feed I am sure but these eggs would be much healthier.
Are you getting ready for the growing season??