Busy with gardening projects for three days:
Installing and checking drip irrigation lines.
Clearing all weeds from the "sunny garden."
Planting Fava beans, onions, leeks, and garlic.
Putting straw down as a mulch.
Cutting down dead cypress trees.
I have a bigger project for this coming Sunday. The small DC pump in the well in the south field is not pumping water. It runs off of a solar panel. I will need to figure out why it is not pumping water and repair the problem. This pump keeps my two ponds full of water all year.
Installing and checking drip irrigation lines.
Clearing all weeds from the "sunny garden."
Planting Fava beans, onions, leeks, and garlic.
Putting straw down as a mulch.
Cutting down dead cypress trees.
I have a bigger project for this coming Sunday. The small DC pump in the well in the south field is not pumping water. It runs off of a solar panel. I will need to figure out why it is not pumping water and repair the problem. This pump keeps my two ponds full of water all year.
About 20 wild Guineafowl visit our front yard every few days looking for food. They are a noisy group of big birds.
I am back to walking 3 miles each day and practicing Taijiquan, Qigong, and Yoga. I resume teaching Yoga and Taijiquan at the Tehama Family Fitness Center on Monday, February 27, 2012. Yes!!
"May we be planted by the waters,
A planting so deep, our roots sink down into the rich moist earth until we stand on solid rock
May our minds and hearts know the intimate touch of the wind, our faces the heat and healing power of the sun,
Until we know ourselves as one with all life."- Coline Fairless
Stumbled upon your website and blog this morning. Staring out the window at an unfinished garden/landscape, wondering where to begin, I found great inspiration in your collection of writings, photography. Thank you, and I will be surely checking in on a frequent basis for more inspiration, not to mention the little tricks of the trade, ie. soaking the drip tubing in hot water before connecting? Wow, what a breakthrough!!
ReplyDeleteBest regards,
Jeff
Located in the Sierra Nevada foothills just east of Sacramento.
Jeff,
ReplyDeleteI fill up a thermos with boiling hot water. I place the top four inches of the tubing into hot water for 3 to 4 seconds. This is sufficient to soften the end to easily slip it onto the fitting chosen. I use 1/2 inch tubing. You will need drip irrigation from May to October in the hot and dry Sierra Nevada foothills.
Mike