Showing posts with label leaf mulch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leaf mulch. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Mow Vember and Moe Vember...

November is the month that has been chosen as prostrate cancer month. Men have been growing mustaches and facial hair in a effort to raise awareness and to raise funds, this year I am taking part in Moe Vember. November is when I mow my leaves for mulch hence Mow Vember...


The Apple Pie made by my wife from our tree, oh so good. The Harley is my neighbour's, he bought it in Tennessee, and finally a Pair of Canada Geese hanging at the beach.


Mowing leaves at my neighbours. I get around 7 cart loads.


Inkey Cap mushrooms, fresh seaweed for the compost and a cool pulley.


A pub in Mission BC featured on Canadian Pickers pump and signs, by the Totem is my friend Freddie, Happy Birthday buddy! Mr Pickwick, awesome water along the way
and a carving of a fish out of water.


Child's Rocker, a family piece.
How is November in your neck of the woods?   

Linking with:

Dejavu Interiors Throwback Thursday
Funky Junk Interiors
Tootsie TimeThe Rosegarden in Malevic,
Rooted in Thyme,  

Monday, January 30, 2012

Building a New Daffodil Bed


Hope you don't do what my sister did (by accident). She was rearranging my blog look and DELETED the Linky Followers (thought it was a title). 
Groan (she REALLY GROANED and cried a bit too) and couldn't get them back. 
SO If you were a Linky follower could you link up again. 
Rob
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Thanks to the followers of my blog. 
Appreciate getting to follow back on your blogs as well.
Today I am welcoming and linking back from my posts. 
I add you to my blog list when you follow.
I am going thank different followers each day with a link on my post so others can visit too.
Linking with
Apron Thrift Girl: Thrift Share Monday and Between Naps on the Porch 158th Metamorphosis Monday, Homemaker on a Dime: Creative Bloggers Party Hop, House of Grace: Twice Owned Tuesday No. 82

The thrift part of this post: daffodil bulbs dug up from other parts of the garden and saved for this project, worm casting (home grown), compost (home composted). Used what I had on hand. The metamorphosis is the before growth (making the bed/planing) and the after (daffodils at end of post). The creative is making something new from something else (soil additions rototilled + divided daffodil bulbs = daffodils in abundance in a new flower border). The twice owned is reusing daffodil bulbs separated when thinning another daffodil bed and using some tools collected at fleas and garage sales.

It may seem a little silly to be planting this time of year... but the snow is almost gone and the sun was shining. My tools were handy. I had the time and energy, the bulbs , composted soil, bone meal, peat moss, worm casting and leaf mulch. The treasured soil additions of a long time gardener.

Be lost without my rototiller. Two bags of peat moss for this bed.
Peat moss ready to rototill. Compost, bone meal and bulbs.
Trenching and Worm Castings
Bulbs planted, topped up with compost to cover. Nifty kneeling pad
Leaf mulch protects the new growth
A daffodil bed to match the established one on the other side of the driveway.
Spring 2011 Memories

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