I recently joined the Ferndale TimBank. It is an organization which allows people of any skill level to trade time instead of money for all sorts of things.
As a member, you can send out requests for things you might need. Other members can earn hours from you by providing the services or items you request. You, in turn, receive hours from other members when you participate in the trading. It is a pretty fantastic idea and I put it off for quite a while because I simply didn't think I'd have time to help anyone out.
I recently gave a short talk and demonstration on building rain barrels for the TimeBank members and I earned 4 hours for doing it! Now, if I need a hand in the yard, or doing something like cleaning my gutters or mowing my lawn, I can request it and spend some of those hours on getting help. Pretty great, huh?
Speaking of rain barrels, I still have 4 full kits available for $40 apiece. This is my cost for the supplies, there is no profit in these. If you are interested, contact me via email, Facebook, instagram or telephone. I can either deliver or you can pick one up. I am also able to build them for you or you can DIY the whole thing.
I'm hoping to plan a plant swap in the next few weeks. I will be sure to update the group on Facebook as well as post it here when I get some details sorted out!
Friday, April 24, 2015
Monday, March 23, 2015
Looking for Lawns article
As a quick follow up to the last post about front yard gardens, here is the link to an article I got a lot of information from. This was written a little while ago, but the information is incredibly relevant, and alarming. Check it out!
Looking for Lawns
Looking for Lawns
Oakland County 115 article
The winter this year was short, but very hard. Now we are seeing a little sun and warmer temperatures peeking in through the windows.
It's time to start drawing up the plans for the gardens and getting some seeds into the trays to prepare to plant in the coming months. The early Spring is also a good time to start making a list of all the projects you hope to accomplish before the weather gets cold and prioritizing them.
One of my big projects this year is finishing the chicken coop. It's pretty much number 1 with a bullet. I also have a lot of garden and yard clean up and organizing to do, which is pretty much a tie for first place on the list.
I recently did a lot of reading about front yard gardens, and one of my clients invited me to give a talk about them at a recent meeting of the Ferndale Garden Club. The talk went well and there were several questions that I couldn't answer. The biggest question seemed to be about the possibility of designers in the area to plan and build these front yard gardens for residents. I personally plan to tear my front yard up one day, but that will be a whole-summer project. I will have to cross every other item off my list for one whole growing season and focus solely on designing and building that system. In the meantime, I have been doing more research and reading and I also had the opportunity to write a guest column for the Oakland County 115.
I hope we get some good discussion and brainstorming on this in the Facebook group this year, among all the other topics I intend to cover. Here is the article link if you want to read about my talk: Oakland 115: Front Yard Gardening
It's time to start drawing up the plans for the gardens and getting some seeds into the trays to prepare to plant in the coming months. The early Spring is also a good time to start making a list of all the projects you hope to accomplish before the weather gets cold and prioritizing them.
One of my big projects this year is finishing the chicken coop. It's pretty much number 1 with a bullet. I also have a lot of garden and yard clean up and organizing to do, which is pretty much a tie for first place on the list.
I recently did a lot of reading about front yard gardens, and one of my clients invited me to give a talk about them at a recent meeting of the Ferndale Garden Club. The talk went well and there were several questions that I couldn't answer. The biggest question seemed to be about the possibility of designers in the area to plan and build these front yard gardens for residents. I personally plan to tear my front yard up one day, but that will be a whole-summer project. I will have to cross every other item off my list for one whole growing season and focus solely on designing and building that system. In the meantime, I have been doing more research and reading and I also had the opportunity to write a guest column for the Oakland County 115.
I hope we get some good discussion and brainstorming on this in the Facebook group this year, among all the other topics I intend to cover. Here is the article link if you want to read about my talk: Oakland 115: Front Yard Gardening
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