Posted on 01/04/2013 11:01:40 AM PST by greeneyes
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I wish we could get away with ignoring the rules, ordinances, etc., of the HOA. People used to do that until the city hired a code enforcement officer. Get a notice taped on the door, get a call from city hall and a fine in the mail.
Vine peaches are on my list of “things to grow someday”. I hope to make a dent in that list this summer now that I have time and space to grow more.
When we made the commitment to move to the Houston area, I thought “Texas, the land of personal freedom and smaller, less intrusive government” If you buy anywhere near Houston, you are about 99.9% guaranteed to be in an HOA neighborhood. We in Conroe 40 miles north of Houston, and we are 6 miles north of the Loop around the skirts of town, and we still have an HOA. It is an easy going one and the fees are small, but they still get finicky about some things, like they don’t want us to have a chicken coop with enclosed yard.
Is there a limit on the number of 50 gallon drums? Here’s a design for water storage that packs a lot in a small space. You’ could probably rig up some sort of gravity system to fill them from a collection drum.
I like the looks of this one, but this is more for you emergency water supply. Most of the systems I have seen have been a whole row of 50 or 55 gallon drums sitting upright with a link so that they equalize automatically as the diverter fills one of the drums.
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And for desert, dip strawberries, bananas, and alles into molten chocolate! mmm mmm mmm
To me that’s the only fondue that matters.LOL I love chocolate.
Western PA here. Snow on ground and temps in the teens overnight. Deer tracks all over my back yard. Only gardening I’m doing is keeping alive three tabletop live Christmas trees. Two Richland pines and a third one that is more a shrub. I’m careful not to overwater so it doesn’t damage the roots. All three are doing well. Much better than the jagged pine needle ones from years past that would drop their needles by March and die.
Are you going to transplant them next spring?
The grocery store where I bought the tabletop trees has a knowledgable group of workers who buy good healthy stock and they know how to take care of all their live stock so they stay healthy. They said the Richland fir trees wouldn’t last outside in the winter and I should look to repot them eventually and put the pots outside for the spring, summer and fall only. But I’ll check with the local garden store also for their advice.
Never heard of an aerogarden. What an interesting concept. What all have you grown in it?
No greeneyes, there is not a limit to the number of 55 gal tanks, but they need to be hidden with shrubs. My neighbor has several 55 gal drums, but they are a dark green so the city hasn't said anything - yet.
I’m from Missouri as well, but have nothing going garden wise currently. I am very excited to have received seeds I ordered, and hope to have a larger spring/fall garden this year, in addition to traditional summer vegetables. What kind of veggies were still growing outside for you around the holidays? Things like spinach, lettuce, kale or broccoli? In the past, I’ve had success with kohlrabi and spinach. Just curious what you’ve having the most success with outside with our recent cooler temps? Thanks.
We really like it here, but Texas really is a whole 'nother world from life in the south, where the only HOA's are in the very richest neighborhoods behind brick walls, with guarded entrances.
That is about the same we have here. Being on a golf course, you have to have a 50% see through fence that cannot be over four feet tall and outdoor structures must be set 25' from the property line.
Other than onions/shallots/garlic in the ground, 'bout all I got working is some sprouts and some root veggies I'm fermenting.
(Thread drift Alert!)I got saddled with an HOA when I bought my piece of serenity also. It's actually become fun to tell them to F.O. in various ways. I actually dare my HOA to push their limits.
(Note to self - this isn't about gardening.)
Hidden with shrubs? Really-does it have to be shrubs? How about lattice type trellis wouldn’t that work?
Lettuce and Spinach is my main crop for the winter garden. I also have carrots, onions, garlic, winter wheat, winter rye, and rosemary.
Warm weather stuff I grow inside next to the patio. Like green peppers, lemons, basil.
I am using the time to clear out the freezer. Canning and making jelly and stuff.
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