txrose's Blog

On the up side we never have to water our grass all summer. Our house seems to be on a small slope from the other side of the street down to us.

I had yesterday to haul several loads of good dirt from the back yard to to the front and really made a nice little start of outlining my gardens. I dug trenches to channel the water away from the foundation.  Its a pier and beam home so I think it would have worked. I put the concrete funnel thingies under the gutters and the front yard looked promising.

This afternoon the weather guessers told us to expect flash flooding and severe storms maybe even producing tornados.  They neglected to tell me that the flash flood is for my yard only.

So one thing I am resolved to do is not to try to make garden areas. At this time its a waste of time!

There is so much to owning your own home its sometimes overwhelming. Tonight I am making some hot chocolate and getting lists made as to what is the most important first step in getting where I want my yard to be. Though I wish I knew what I know now all the winter long... I could have got the plan down!

I am really depressed that I worked so hard yesterday to see that it did NO good at all. I am glad that though it is depressing that it has made me to make myself get it all down on paper.

At least I have a goal so its off to work more on the details of that. Maybe I can get things ready by the end of summer to think of  a fall garden.