The Tucson summer sun taught me an important lesson, that while the air temperature may be appropriate for gardening, seedlings left unprotected from the desert sun will end up burned to a crisp. Even those seedlings of a heat tolerant vegetable such as cucumbers.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Renewal
Renewal comes to all things in time. To the forest after the flame, the leaves after the cold, and not entirely unrelated, to this, my blog. During the past year it was just so difficult to include much green living into my lifestyle, or at least any which was worthy of mention.
It is a time for personal renewal, a new location, a new work center, a new house, and perhaps even a new outlook. I cannot wait to delve back into a lifestyle worth living, one which makes me truly satisfied to be living, one which is more green. One of the new things which will aid me most in this transition is the amazing house I am now renting.
This is a view from the front:
The house itself was constructed back when consideration was given to the climate in regard to design and building materials. The walls are made of thick red brick so even during the hottest hours of the day it takes very little inputs to keep things cool.
In addition to having a nice large yard the house came equipped with some nice features, such as this very nice looking chicken coop.
Once I decide on which breed of chicken to go with then the Greenie domicile will very shortly have a nice supply of fresh eggs.
There is a nice fenced in, raised bed garden for which plans are already underway for some summer vegetable plantings.
The owner installed a rainwater collection system which then allows the collected water to supplement the water expended on landscaping. Hopefully the monsoons arrive soon, and bring with them a decent amount of water, because I climbed up for a look and the cistern is nearly empty!
There is a fairly new drip irrigation system installed throughout the yard which once I work out the finer points of the controls should make all of my garden upkeep a bit more simple and efficient.
I haven't even talked about the great interior space, but there won't be any pictures for a while because it is currently cluttered with boxes galore until things get unpacked and put in place.
It is a time for personal renewal, a new location, a new work center, a new house, and perhaps even a new outlook. I cannot wait to delve back into a lifestyle worth living, one which makes me truly satisfied to be living, one which is more green. One of the new things which will aid me most in this transition is the amazing house I am now renting.
This is a view from the front:
The house itself was constructed back when consideration was given to the climate in regard to design and building materials. The walls are made of thick red brick so even during the hottest hours of the day it takes very little inputs to keep things cool.
In addition to having a nice large yard the house came equipped with some nice features, such as this very nice looking chicken coop.
Once I decide on which breed of chicken to go with then the Greenie domicile will very shortly have a nice supply of fresh eggs.
There is a nice fenced in, raised bed garden for which plans are already underway for some summer vegetable plantings.
The owner installed a rainwater collection system which then allows the collected water to supplement the water expended on landscaping. Hopefully the monsoons arrive soon, and bring with them a decent amount of water, because I climbed up for a look and the cistern is nearly empty!
There is a fairly new drip irrigation system installed throughout the yard which once I work out the finer points of the controls should make all of my garden upkeep a bit more simple and efficient.
I haven't even talked about the great interior space, but there won't be any pictures for a while because it is currently cluttered with boxes galore until things get unpacked and put in place.
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