Part of owning a house means yardwork and landscaping, which I’m sure everybody by now knows I just love (*cough*). This weekend it was planting tulip bulbs in the ground, which should look pretty good come spring. Unless, of course, they don’t survive. Since we bought a new house, on recently developed land, a good… Continue reading Bulbs
Tag: Lawns
Sod
Ever think about sod before? Yeah, me neither, until recently. Always seemed like such a boring topic—yah, grass, lawns, yawn. But I’ve been thinking a lot about sod lately, since we moved into our new house and had landscaping done. It turns out sod is quite a bit more interesting than I initially thought. Watching… Continue reading Sod
Independence Weekend
So what does July 4th even mean to people any more? A day off from work? Shelling out the bucks to buy enough fireworks to blow up your house? I have to admit, I’ve caught myself thinking along those lines and forgetting why we have the day off and what the fireworks represent. But the… Continue reading Independence Weekend
Lawn Triage
I’ve decided one of the big drawbacks to owning your own home is the lawn. The problem is, it’s such a nice benefit, too. Our lawn is in a sickly state. Part of the problem is that we live in Central Oregon, which is in large part the High Desert— during the summer there are… Continue reading Lawn Triage