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I have been working on my garden plants. Kinda nice to get rain and sunshine warm enough my plants are growing. Strawberries are blooming already and so are my blue berries.
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Trust that you did not use pressure-treated lumber for the raised beds. Hard to tell by the pics, but if you did, be sure to line the inside (bottom, all sides) completely with a plastic sheet/barrier to block arsenic migration into the soil and uptake into your produce.Been wanting to get some veggies going since we moved in. A variety of heirloom vegetables. So here we go.
Queen County let you harvest rainwater? That's a first. Last I heard, they would cite (and if one continued to harvest, then County would arrest) people that collected rainwater. The enviro-wackos installed in the County system in the 90s started all that years ago. Dunno if it's still going on, but I would suspect so...2 rain barrels yesterday from county recycling event yesterday….
Maybe that weed barrier will stop arsenic migration, if you used PT lumber for the beds?About 550 sqft of slightly raised beds..soil underneath is great already. So weed barrier and couple inches of mulch. Working on keeping the grass way a little today….. kill some areas of grass around planters that I put but hopefully it'll help later.
Good for you on getting your young'ns out of the corrupt State indoctrination system!But this is good family time too… kids are great at helping for now..7-8 yrs. Figure family effort for pests weeds. Hopefully this could be an added bonus for home schooling next year….. Auburn school district in King County ain't gonna work for our family.
Anyway a happy post.
New septic drain field last summer ….
Top soil and seed grass to try and keep dirt and mud out of the house from the feet of kids and dogs. And for slip-n-slides of course.
Never wanted an award winning lawn just something. Already tired of maintaining grass….mowing, water….lah di dah ….
Been wanting to get some veggies going since we moved in. A variety of heirloom vegetables. So here we go.
Just got a worm farm, compost bin and 2 rain barrels yesterday from county recycling event yesterday…. $25 a piece isn't bad at all.
About 550 sqft of slightly raised beds..soil underneath is great already. So weed barrier and couple inches of mulch. Working on keeping the grass way a little today….. kill some areas of grass around planters that I put but hopefully it'll help later.
We'll see what pests we get in the area…. Dogs we got are top notch rabbit getters. We've had signs of moles or something last year in the area…. Dogs are good at getting those too… I just don't want them digging the garden of course….. any tips…. I've already tried those sonic gimmicks…. I'm still a sucker sometimes.
But this is good family time too… kids are great at helping for now..7-8 yrs. Figure family effort for pests weeds. Hopefully this could be an added bonus for home schooling next year….. Auburn school district in King County ain't gonna work for our family.
Anyway a happy post.
Gonna erect some framing still for beans but pretty much done. Besides planting.
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The best mole traps that I have ever used. It takes a couple of tries before you get the hang of them. $30 at Amazon, but I have purchased them for $9.99 at Farm stores.
I was averaging 20-25 moles a season, much better than the cats at 5-10 a year. Just keep them oiled to prevent rust.
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Nice! Thanks for the reply.Quick and dirty @sobo
Only like 7 boards are plain cedar no treatment…. The other half I got cheap and went Doug fir 2 b firs…..
Didn't go up sides with weed barrier. Now I know…..quick and dirty but yeah I'll pay in weed pullin later….
Again, thanks. Good to know. Don't know about my county, but it's in EWA so not much rain anyway. Plus, I don't plan on staying here much longer...Currently…..
Can collect and store rain as long as it's used on this property and collected from existing structures NOT SOLELY used for rain collection. So my house is good. That's the county. WA state says can only store 110 gallons but I don't know how that applies….. quick reading on google.
You just reminded me of something! See next post...My plans for future is a 200 sqft shed with some rain barrels mounted sideways semi permanent structure and 100-150 sqft solar panels on top. Like a little sustainment shed.
I love hearing/reading stories like this!next week we make our second to last house payment. Well, actually will need another $117 to pay off in August.
Dave Ramsey baby steps