Springtime Means Gardening and Yardwork

Posted by Kelly Smith Feb 4, 2009

It's springtime here in South Texas and that means that I take my DIY skills outside to shape up the yard and get the garden cranked up.

The new thing I did this year is put in a raised bed vegetable garden. There are many ways to build one of these but I went the easy and cheap way -- cinder blocks. I've already transplanted some pea plants in it but it will be a few more weeks before I can put in tomatoes.

Other than that, I did start a mulch pile. This is an easy thing to do and over time it will pay off. If I build it up enough I can use it on my asparagus garden in the fall. As a matter of fact, I harvested the first juicy spear yesterday. Much tastier than store-bought.

And then the not so much fun stuff is creeping up on me... mowing the lawn. Oh well. Even that's not too bad; I bought a reel mower last year and it's actually easier to use than the old motorized one. Now if I can just get around to doing it...