So, if you recall, my fiance and I went to the local Farmer's Market and picked up 2 tomato plants and a green pepper. My parents also gave us 2 tomato plants. They are not all potted. I went up to my local Meijer and chose 2 more pots since I don't know what we are doing for a vegetable garden just yet. I also grabbed some potting soil to fill the pots and add to my existing pots just to add some fresh dirt. 2 of the tomato plants were falling over a little so I grabbed some small sticks from our kindling box and tied the tomato plants to the sticks to help them stand up. One of our dogs already went for one of the sticks and pulled out the plant with it so tomorrow my parents are going to pass off some actual stakes so neither dog will mistake them for a stick they can chew, and pull the plant out.
We haven't been able to fix our leaking spigot, at least not yet. It's been dripping a lot lately so I stuck my watering can under it to catch the drips. We've already saved over 2 gallons of water in just a few days. This has me seriously considering a rain barrel, even on the short runs we have for our downspouts. I'm also looking into starting a compost bin of our own. Even if it's not all the compost and we still put some out for the city to collect, having a little will help a lot in the long run. I realize we won't be able to keep it all, as our leaves from Fall alone would fill any compost container. It takes us about 20 yard bags if I recall correctly to bag our leaves each Fall.
Stay tuned to see what we do this week.
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