Monthly Archives: May 2011

Chickens Cleaning Up Garden

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Jerry

The garden in my current house got away from me.  I had wood-chips down as a mulch and grass and other plants grew up 12″-24″ high.  My brother has chickens so I borrowed 3 of them and they spent two weeks in … Continue reading →

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Building a New House

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Jerry

We are finally going to start building our dream house on this property.  We have the plans finalized and are in the budgeting stage.  I have found using Google Docs to work quite well as I can share information with … Continue reading →

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More Planting Done

Posted on May 9, 2011 by jtcweb

I planted 15 raspberries of a new variety from Poland called Polka. We’ll see how they do in S.E. Michigan. Our township collects yard waste and composts it and every resident can get so much a year, this year it … Continue reading →

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Planting Rasberies and Rhubarb

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Jerry

We dug up the raspberries and rhubarb that had been growing at the house we are moving out of. These had been growing in place for almost 15 years. What started as 4 rhubarb plants divided out to 19, I … Continue reading →

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