I'm in Tyler. Just outside of city limits actually.
Raised beds for me too. I have a broken back and arthritis, so bending over is difficult. I bought a cute little garden scooter that is comfy and handy! Should be getting chickens soon. Though!! Squeegee!!
We were adopted by our cat Zelda pretty much the same way. We think he was abandoned during the 2008 crash. In Las Vegas it was really bad for pets there. Houses were found abandoned filled with cats and dogs that had nothing to eat. The "stray" population exploded. Zelda came along and he...
I homeschooled my sons all the way through high school as well. Unfortunately, at the time they were at the right age to start them on cursive, I was dumb and of the mind that it wasn’t a necessary thing to learn. NOW, 20 years later, I’m sorry that I didn’t teach them to write cursive. By...
We bought our property last year at exactly the right time. Not two months after we closed, the value of the house was almost 50K more than we bought it. Now it’s probably worth even more. I’m thankful we were able to get it when we could though. If we tried to buy something now, with our...
These are a picture of the worst from my two little bushes of Petite Roses. They are a special type of rose from this company, and I’m afraid I can’t remember the exact name of the genus (?). Most of the flowers are not this bad, but the majority of the ones that I had to prune off today had...
That's a lot! We're wanting to have a small orchard of fruit and nut trees too. There's already a Walnut tree on the property and I think a pecan tree... I think those two trees grow like weeds out here. From what I understand it's difficult to grow citrus and nectarines out here. citrus is...
@baymule Thank you! I will... it might be later in the summer before I can get out there. Still recovering from back surgery in March... Slow healing, but definitely getting better every day. I'd love to pick your brains and see what all I can learn from you!
Hi there! yes I was excited to see that someone in my area was here and in the Herd forum too! You're doing pretty much what I want to do so I may stalk you a little bit here and there! LOL Not really, I'm not creepy! 😜
@Ridgerunner Black eyed peas and sweet potatoes are definitely on my...
Thank you for the advice! I'm for sure gonna follow my docs instructions. Don't want to go back to square one by messing up their amazing work! The garden will wait until I'm ready. There's still a ton of things we need to do to get ready for animals, rain catchment system, and gardening...
Those suggestions for veggies sound perfect for us! So hopefully I'll be able to do them!/ if not this year, for sure next year. We're here forever!
And yes the surgery was the last resort. I broke my back when I was 18 but it took all this time to finally need a spinal fusion. Over 25...
I found this site through BackYardChickens, where I have the same name on all the sister sites. My husband, elderly mother and I just moved into a house on 6.5 acres. We were going to start a small raised bed garden this spring, but then I had to have back surgery. We ended up planting a...