We read whatever happened to justice and regularly review “ Do not encroach upon other persons or their property. And do what you say you will do” The kids have volunteered with us since preschool ages. We always wanted them to realize no matter how busy life is they have time to give back and help others, their community, friends, their church community. They know more about holistic health, buying and making and storingreal food then a lot of my healthcare colleagues. It’s still up to them how they choose to live their life, but at least they’ve been given some great examples to start from

Impressive! The only place we have snow here in Minnesota is where it’s still melting off from the cross country and downhill ski areas

Oh, I am so looking up perennial sunflowers!! I am planing a full line of zinnias in front and sunflowers behind facing the roadway to the south. I love the colors and the idea that any visitors can bring a bouquet home after a visit. even better if the Sunflowers are perennial.

@Jim Flach Whoa! It looks like a sunflower forest!! so cool!!

Welcome Everyone!! @Jim Flach , and all of us Oasis Builders, there is so much wisdom and experience to help make things easier, more productive and fun! What's your new dreams for growing this season?

I have the main garden and then the orchard beginnings, currently one apple tree (the other baby tree couldn't take last summer's heat wave, even with sufficient water), and 6 baby blueberry bushes, or rather stalks... The soil was all native woods till 1948, and has been an organic farmyard, barnyard pasture, and most recently fallow for 40 years before we started the garden 2 years ago. It is Black dirt. The garden and enture farmyard can get quite wet with lots of rain, and I need to build up a few beds for the plants that don't like that much moisture. Notably, the carrots and onions did not like it last year.