Happy September!

The first thing we did was trimmed them to about 4 feet tall.  We didn’t want them so high that someone could hide behind them since our place is somewhat isolated.  After that all the trees were trimmed up so that we could walk underneath them without a branch hitting our heads.

Take a walk in a local park and observe … you’ll see that you can walk under trees and even magnolias, pines, evergreens, etc. can look gorgeous when their branches are not growing so that they touch the ground.  Though it’s a lot of hard work, trimming trees up will give your yard the “park-like” appearance.

For more information about the best time to trim, visit here.

I tried to videotape our hummingbirds today as they now love our feeder since we used plain sugar and water.  No luck, though.  Have a great weekend!

The new map confirms that the world’s tallest forests are clustered in the Pacific Northwest of North America and some parts of Southeast Asia. Temperate conifer forests—which are moist and harbor species such as Douglas fir, western hemlock, redwoods, and sequoias—have the tallest canopies (over 131 feet high). Undisturbed tropical rain forests are about 82 feet high, around the same height as oak and birch trees.

It looks like my part of the country has a multitude of tall trees, but we’re about to lose a holly in my own yard that’s growing into the power lines.

H/T Les Jones.

The BEST, however, was eating the fresh vegetables!

The question is - can you really save money by planting a garden?  According to The Freelance Farmer, you can!

For 50cents, we could get a 4-pack of some slightly droopy veggies that were leftover from the initial purchasing rush the weeks before.  We bought broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, brussels, and kohlrabi.  We also paid less than a buck each for tomatoes, peppers, and a handful of onion bulbs.

Our initial investment of around $10 (including some bean, pea, squash, and watermelon seeds) will get us a sure profit on our cash spent — and little time has been dedicated beyond my husband’s initial tilling, planting, and fence-building.

I miss the home grown vegetables. I think next year I may try to build a box garden since my soil is too rocky to sustain one here.

H/T Being Frugal.

Photo by Di The Huntress via Flickr Creative Commons.

FTW!