Things that were done and need to be done weekly.
Please Pardon This Interruption… I’ve been posting on The Overleaf Chronicles Blog for four months, and I’m fairly happy with the result. Still, it needs a few tweaks here and there, and I’d like it to be a little more focused, so I’m taking a short hiatus from The Overleaf Chronicles to get some things […]
Garden Goals, House Goals, Blog Goals, Life Goals – An Announcement Read More »
I had anticipated clearing out a few beds and preparing the soil for some planting this week. As it happened, my schedule outside of the garden pushed my major workdays to Friday and Saturday. It turns out I’m glad I didn’t turn out the beds, disrupt the soil or get any seeds into the ground.
In Bed This Week 9/21/2020 Read More »
Above: “Elephant” Photo by Stuart Bassil / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elephant.jpg This has been another week of split time between Overleaf the House and Overleaf the Garden. I’m doing a little bit on each, and I have to keep telling myself that I’m not on a strict deadline to complete either, so I don’t need to
In Bed This Week 09/14/2020 – Which End of the Elephant? Read More »
I confess I haven’t been accomplishing very much in the garden lately. The heat has just been too much, and I’ve moved my attention to a number of things inside the house, where I can work in air conditioned comfort. That doesn’t mean I haven’t done anything out doors, I finally moved the remaining reclaimed
In Bed This Week 09/07/2020 – Putting It All Together Read More »
Dodgeball Hurricane…This past week the Houston area briefly flirted with two unusually closely spaced hurricanes. An odd part of living along the Gulf Coast is our tacit love/hate relationship with tropical storms and hurricanes. We eye them out in the Gulf with all the wariness of a gaggle of nerdy kids in a dodgeball game.
September In Bed– Things To Do, Dodgeball Hurricane, Plotting and Planning Read More »
This past week, as promised, I cleared a portion of the surrounding “edge” garden beds, an action undertaken in small increments, and in keeping with the Kaizen philosophy of small continual improvement. I distributed more of the paving material to various places around the garden. The picture (above left) shows a pile of “rubble” I
In Bed This Week 08/24/2020 Read More »
This was another week of punishing heat at Overleaf, with temperatures in the high 90’s almost every day, and heat indexes over 110 degrees. Luckily the heat is forecast to break somewhat as I post this. An unseasonal “not hot” front — I can’t call it cold or even cool, since the temperatures are only
In Bed This Week 08/17/2020 Read More »
When I first started Overleaf Garden, a “Master Plan” of sorts quickly formed in my mind. I’ve found that is often the case when I’m designing almost anything. After giving the project some careful thought and consideration, the larger framework of design tends to form quickly. As a designer I’ve learned it’s best not to
All I Need Is A Simple Little Plan… Read More »
August is here, and with it some of our hottest weather. It’s also a very dry month, and unless we have a tropical storm or hurricane, we will have to rely on scattered thunderstorms until late September or October brings showers with the first cool fronts. The heat of summer is the deep south’s answer
August – Things To Do in the Garden Read More »
This week at Overleaf Garden I made progress sorting the bricks I intend to use as pavement in various areas of the garden. (See above , left) I also took in another small load of bricks from my neighbors (Thanks, Emma and Matt!) Ideally I’ll be able to collect enough hardscape material from various sources
In Bed This Week 7/27/2020 Read More »