Garden tasks

I love this time of year, when everyday is a burst of sunshine. I am working on getting my garden task list under control. Weeding is first and foremost, but I also want to establish a new garden area. To do that I am laying down cardboard and newspaper to kill the grass. I am also putting lots of compost and coffee grounds, kind of building up layers. This way it will amend the soil and get it into great condition for planting. Now I just need more hours of daylight!

Midwest Renewable Energy Fair

Wow, we had a great time at the renewable energy fair on Sunday! Despite a couple of showers, the day was perfect to check out all the displays and vendors showcasing wind turbines, solar, cars and trucks that run on used veggie oil, organic produce, books, books and books, straw bale construction, living roofs, green building components and designs and so much more. We bought a ton of reading material, and got info on wind turbines. We hope to do that someday, have a place on about 5 acres with a wind turbine for energy. There was a really cool sauna that gave us some ideas too...