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We had to have some septic work done ( Fucking Whiney ass Neibors that call the Health dept instedd of Talking to some body !!!!)

Annnny How !!! Our side yard was TOTALY dug up so we could have 450 ft of leech line installed ,
as in TOTALY !!!!!!
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So I am working it ,
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and working it ,
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And I will keep you all posted , we have 3 raised gardens 8x16 planned with a possible seperate zuke garden planned !!!

Would the whiney ass neighbors be upset if you put in about a thousand pot plants now?

Probley especialy since the county sherif lives JUST down the road

Just plant roses around the perimeter. Nobody will notice the weed. Honest.

Or, you could try buchu. Maybe the "cat urine" trait would throw them off the scent, so to speak.

Plant dandelions, and share them with the whole neighborhood!

Looking forward to seeing more- I do love a work in progress (when I'm feeling blue I sometimes stop by UT's Garden thread and reread it).

Just one question - are those pictures current?
It's March for goodneess sakes - I thought I was the only person to consider March weather, t-shirt weather?! And even I would balk at shorts...

Ziipy's in Arkansas. Here's the 10 day weather forecast.

Here in Michigan, we can still expect more snow this year, but today the temps are in the 70s and we are all in shorts. Personally, I consider 15 Centigrade and above shorts weather. Some Michigandans consider anything above freezing shorts weather. It's all relative, you know. The Californians living up here are still in long trousers when the temps hit the 80s.

/yes, I like to mix and match my currencies :D

25 degrees!
Blimey - that's the same temp as my ridiculously overheated office. Damn, if I was doing anything even vaguely energetic I'd be in shorts too.

I do realise it gets hotter in America than the UK.... but... it's MARCH?! Can't get over that.

you gotta remember it's only called the united states. Arkansas is about the same latitude as sicily.

(I am making that up, it is probably the same latitude as Barcelona)

I'm no septic system expert, since our house is on the city sewer lines, but don't you want to plant just grass over a leach field to keep roots of larger plants from growing down into the pipes and clogging them?

Move down into Africa and you're getting there. 34 degrees is about the same as Morocco and Tunisia.

Here in Ann Arbor, Michigan we're on a similar latitude to Barcelona. Here, where temps regularly go below -20 centigrade in the winter and above 30 in the summer. Britain is so temperate it's very hard to believe that weather elsewhere can be so varied.

/I love my Michigan climate

(tis 29 centigrade here right now :D)

oh, and that's an impressive project, zippy. sorry for the hijack.

The difference in climate is more related to the landmass than latitude.

But it's more fun to compare by latitude :) Over here, the climate is also affected by the jet streams and the proximity of the lakes. We get huge thundestorms, tornados, lots of snow, lots of sun (to my mind anyway -apparently we're still one of the cloudiest states), lots of everything and a beautiful autumn to boot :D

Days like today are weird, though -hot, sunny and not a bud on any tree. If it had been a weekend, we'd've had the paddling pool out.