Since I am a teacher, I fortunately get breaks and time off work to recharge my battery. I usually try to find a fun project to work on... it gives me something fun to talk about when I return to second grade and I feel I've accomplished something if I don't take a trip. Over my February break I decided it was time for trees. Wow! My husband and I spent a mini fortune on trees. This is what we bought: pomegrante, Japanese plum, brown turkey fig, golden delicious apple, fuji apple, asian pear, a magnolia tree, a camelia (bush really), 13 redwoods, and a blue spruce (actually our Christmas tree, but we finally just planted it!)
We have planted most of the trees, except a few of the redwoods and our yard is starting to come to life!
Over the break I also went with my father-in-law and his friend to pick up some used garden beds. They have a friend who used to grow mushrooms, but is now out of business and still has thousands of unused wood beds. We picked up four of them and I began the task of gopher wiring the bottoms. Even though these garden beds have wood on the bottom, apparently gophers will still try to sneak their way up to get to the roots and feast. (We also used gopher baskets, wire nets, around the base of all of our trees so that the gophers won't be able to eat them.) We ordered 8 yards of premium dirt with a mushroom compost and my husband and I began shoveling!
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Pat with the garden bed frames (and our junk yard in the background)
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