Here is a selection of Spring flowers Ruth has grown around our yard. I am not the flower expert in the family but it looks like we have pink and red roses, peony, iris, hyacinth, gerbers, petunias, and some other assorted flowers.
I will try to get the complete list from Ruth.
Here are a few video links about composting that I made.
Nothing beats compost for feeding your plants. Take all your kitchen scraps (vegetable and fruit peels, egg shells, no meat though), grass clippings, dried leaves etc and mix them into a pile in the corner of your yard.
Keep adding new material on top and turn the compost with a shovel once or twice a week.
Will add more to this post later……
Rain Barrel from NYC
Here is our free rain barrel from NYC. They had a rain barrel give away program last Spring (2009) and we have been using it ever since.
We use the water to feed our chickens and to water our potted plants. We are going to add another rain barrel to the garage this summer.
Here is a video to show you how the rain barrel works. Click Here To See The Rain Barrel
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