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Things seem to be going good all around out here.   I mowed the peninsula lawn this weekend for the first time since planting the grass and it looks great.   It’s still thin but now that it’s gotten more sun absorbing leafy surface area going and I added the starter fertilizer it’s really been picking up [...]

Continue Reading This Weekend’s Yard Report

Tags: germination mat, grass, grass seed, Lawn, mow, planter, Veggies

What has 30 legs, eats spiders and insects and can run 16 inches per second? If you’ve found this page you’re probably asking yourself those questions and need answers. I hope to clarify a little bit for you what this creature is. A house centipede aka the Scutigera Coleoptrata centipede are one of those creepy [...]

Continue Reading House Centipede – Scutigera Coleoptrata

Tags: bugs, House Centipede, planter, Scutigera Coleoptrata

I stepped out on the porch earlier and there was a small brown bunny hiding under one of the big green bushes (Hosta variety)  in front of the porch.  When I went out the bunny froze in one place.  I sat down on the steps, looked disinterested while I pulled out my Blackberry and took [...]

Continue Reading Some of the local wildlife

Tags: bee, bird, frog, planter, Wildlife

Not much here for today, just posting some pics of the left side of the house, and some Iris’ flowers which have popped up here and there and a robin that has been helping with the ant population.  I also did a panoramic photo ‘from the hip’ which is why they don’t merge so well.  [...]

Continue Reading Side yard photos, a bird, and some flowers

Tags: flowers, Lawn, planter, Topsoil, Weeds

Here are a few shots of the property at the end of March, I will be taking photo’s for end of April as well so you can see the massive difference over just one month.  I took these pictures back at the end of march, so that is when this post is dated, however I [...]

Continue Reading End of March 2009

Tags: bricks, Lawn, Pavers, planter, retaining wall, sidewalk, tree, woods