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November 16, 2006
A green backyard
Had a BBQ the other night to celebrate, well it wasn't really celebrating anything other than a day off work and....I guess our green lawn. We've been spending some time raking it and seeding it down and watering it a little to encourage the grass to grow back.
It's now quite green and only a few bare patches remain to be fixed and re-sown. I winced a little at how much water we used to revitalize it but with an actual lawn instead of a dustbowl, I'm hoping that it will keep things cleaner and thus eventually reduce other water consumption. Probably not, but I need to justify it somehow. That and it keeps all the roommates happy and was a good project that everyone could join.
My next act of domestication is maintaining a compost cage that I've built in the backyard and the construction of a greenhouse (hothouse to some Aussies) for growing veggies and herbs. If anyone has any good advice on greenhouses, please let me know cause I haven't done any research on it yet. The idea mostly sprung into mind when I noticed we've got some old windows lieing around the backyard.
I guess we'll see how green my thumb is soon...
Posted by Dr.Unk at November 16, 2006 11:57 PM
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