A Summary of Summery Projects

    For your viewing pleasure, before and after shots of Summery projects.

     First on the list of Summery projects is the beloved Pompus Grass.  If you are unfamiliar with my burning of said grass, please refer to the blog titled, Not What I Intended.  

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     The grass did grow back but usually at this time of year there are no visual spaces between them.  Note to self:  Do not burn the Pompus Grass.......or cardboard boxes.

     Second, the hanging plastic bottle tower strawberry planter.

Pictured here with the lovey Ms. Sassafrass.

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     This didn't work worth a hoot.

     Coming in at number three, the square foot garden.

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     So far it has produced 48 radishes, lettuce for two BLT's and 14 snow peas, of which I'm saving for some stir fry.  I'm still waiting on the brussel sprouts and tomatoes. They might be ready by the time the first frost arrives.

    Number four would be the bleach bottle planters.

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     These have actually worked well.  The only drawback, besides the homemade potting soil, which doesn't have enough nutrients to hardly grow a weed, is the fact that the thin plastic of the bottles makes it necessary to water......a lot.  

     Another success at number five is the trumpet vine tree.

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     The rolling compost barrel is number six.

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     It looks pretty much the same.......as does the stuff in it.

     Last but not least, at number seven, the bird feeder tarp.  I had the clever idea to put a piece of tarp material under the bird feeders.  The purpose of this was to allow the ground feeding birds to easily find the seeds that fell from the feeders.  Since the area is slightly raised, it was to serve another purpose.  What seeds the birds did not eat would slide off the tarp.  Since I only use sunflowers seeds in the feeders and they have a tendency to sprout when they come in contact with Mother Earth, the tarp, stapled to the ground, would allow me to mow over the edge, thus eliminating me from having to pull all of the sprouting sunflowers.  

     Although I do not have a before picture of this grand idea, I think you will see how it fared with the mower.