Started reading about growing bonsai. I am fascinated with the idea of little trees and plants. The idea of not having to be outdoor and working in the dirt but maintaining a gardening or a landscape is a very exciting idea for me. I have looked around on what kinds of plants are suitable for making into a bonsai plant. Without... ...see more

Some of my seeding, lettuce, Swiss chard and tomato, have been looking sad and droopy. As the first timer, I really don't know what is going on. I fed them enough water, got them enough sun and made sure they are warm. Some of them just looks extremely sad. Last Sunday, since I planed to divide and transplant them, I thought... ...see more

Was able to get some window panels for free today from Craigslist! I can't believe I was able to fit all 7 of them into my Accord. Unfortunately, the bottom one shattered on the way back. I knew it was going to happen but didn't bother to take the precaution to ensure the frame is resting on something. The entire weight of the... ...see more

We have a pile of pine needles and dead ivy in the yard. Our haphazard composting system. We put most of the kitchen scraps into the city composting bin. Once a while, I might dump some stuff in the composting pile. Squalls and birds usually get to it before it has any chance of breaking down into nutritious soil.
I read somewhere... ...see more

I think we might be able to get more sun light in our yard. I ventured to the back corner a bit more this morning and realized one of the "tree" is actually a off shoot branch from our neighbor's yard. In theory, I could trim it down a bit and see how much more light we could get in the afternoon. Ideally, it would be nice to... ...see more

It is a good time to prep our back yard for vegetable beds. It took me about three hours to rack up most of the leaves into a corner. I found a pretty nice spot that gets some light, about 2 or 3 hours. It is still not enough to grow fruit bearing vegetables, like tomatoes, cucumber or bell peppers. At least it will be enough... ...see more