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September, and the heat continues, but the end is in sight. Oddly enough this averages out to be the second wettest month of the year, probably because it is the month that we are statistically more likely to have a Tropical Storm or Hurricane. The rain and warm weather are a perfect start for the […]
September In Bed – Things To Do Read More »
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans” – from lyrics by John Lennon. As 2020 drew to a close I intentionally took a temporary break from this blog to re-evaluate and “make other plans” in response to the new normal that Covid-19 has brought to our world. Voluntary and mandatory
My Winter garden had a bit of a setback, so there isn’t anything growing. I’m currently working on getting the soil built up and taking care of a Gopher/Vole issue. The following is a to do list of what I would be doing had everything gone as planned. December is a busy holiday season, and
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Above: A Vole or Gopher tunnel located under the landscaping bricks in Overleaf garden. This is how they traveled unnoticed between raised beds. Back in October I prepped my raised garden beds for a winter garden intending to plant a second crop from some seeds left over from Spring. The crops I wanted included Carrots,
An Overleaf Mystery – Mr Vole, In the Garden… Read More »
I’ve decided to post my monthly entry to The Overleaf Chronicles to maintain continuity. October was a month of disappointment for me in the garden. I prepped the beds and direct sowed seeds for many of the plants I hoped to grow in my fall/winter garden. Two weeks in I was seeing some sprouts, but
November In Bed– Things To Do Read More »
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 »
In October the first cool fronts start to work their way into southeast Texas, and the pumpkins appear in bins next to the watermelon bins at the grocery store. It may be cool today, but hot weather isn’t far away, and can rear it’s head at any time. Still, for me October is the beginning
October In Bed – Things To Do At Summer’s End Read More »
https://overleafgardens.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/TSBeta_Rain.mp4 After several near misses with Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, The Houston area is finally getting a soaking. Tropical Storm Beta has brought a bit of localized flooding in the usual low lying areas, with the obligatory street and freeway closures. As always seems to be the case, someone loses their car by driving into
Tropical Storm Beta – An Update 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 »