Kendrick Family Life and Adventures

Hello All, I hope you are having a great week. We start a four day weekend today and are looking forward to the family time this weekend. We have been busy here in the Kendrick house the last few days. I finally got my big desk up and put together so once I get the computer set up at it, I will be able to work comfortably :) Oh, look what I found yesterday morning when the kids were waiting for the bus. It is a whole bird's nest; there were two eggs. Robin's nest? One was cracked and the other was on the ground. I do not believe this one is viable and I do not have an incubator, but it is interesting to look at. The nest is very intricately made. It is surprisingly heavy and the grass is patched and woven together with mud to make it very solid. I believe it is a Robin's nest since we have plenty of them in this area. They like the feeder in our backyard. Most of the work this week has been in the garden, though. We finally laid out the grid for the square-foot...

Good Morning All, I hope you all had a great weekend. This weekend we had a relaxing day at home Saturday and did absoultely nothing and then Sunday we went to church in the morning, did some shopping, and worked in the yard the rest of the afternoon and ended the day with dinner at The Feedlot (those in the Wichita Falls area should definitely check them out!) I am so excited to get the gardening under way and I wanted to talk about the method that I have chosen for my gardening. I like using the square-foot gardening method. You should google it. Essentially you make a 4x4 raised bed about 6" high and use a good soil mix. You can piece together your own or use the mix sold by the creator of the square-foot gardening method. I, of course, use my own. I made 3- 4x4 boxes this past week with landscape timbers that I found for less than $2 a piece at Home Depot and then lashed them together to make my boxes. I am doing 2- 3 timber high and 2- 2 timber high. The first thing I...

Hello All, As most of you know, by now, I am starting worm composting for several reasons. Reason #1 - Compost! Worm compost is GREAT for your garden! Worm compost, also called worm castings, is a great additive for your garden. Reason #2 - Minimizing what my family adds to the landfills That's a lot of "crap" hahaha get it!  Worms are great at taking many things and turning it into rich compost. I have learned through researching that worms will eat almost anything! Fruits and Veggies, newspaper (not comics, no colors), cardboard, even coffee grinds (filter and all) but add eggshells to balance out PH in bin, and tea bags (remove staple). I have even heard that they will turn dryer lint into compost! What!?! Who would have thought that? Reason #3 - Its cool! Love playing in the dirt! I don't know about you but I know I loved playing in the dirt when I was a kid. Even now, why do you think gardening is so enjoyable? Adults love playing in th...