New Place!!...got to gardening the first week

[TxMex]

I just bought a 'farmette' of 7 acres and a house near Mena Arkansas. Before we started to move in I had begun work on the garden by mowing and raking the yard. Compost material!! I have now met some of the neighbors and I'm getting leaves and manure from them also. I have a big beautiful HOT compost pile. Not many women get as excited as I do about shredded leaves and poo

I know that it will be spring before I can plant fruit trees or a garden. It will be a while before I get the chicken coop made or the goat barn built, but I already have a producing homestead with my compost pile.

I'd like to meet other homesteaders in this area. Also, anyone have a suggestion for shredding large amounts of newspaper?

[Off Grid Rving]

I am jealous.
I cannot wait to get my own property.

[Trixie]

Congratulations!!!
We almost bought some land in Mena once, I've always regretted we didn't.

[hippygirl]

Congrats!

Two of my aunts and their husbands lived in Mena many years ago and loved it.

[braggscowboy]

Been there a few times to antique hunt. Pretty area. Nice! I live here close in OK!

[Tricky Grama]

Congrats! Sounds good...can't you plant trees now?

Patty

[TxMex]

Originally Posted by Tricky Grama

Congrats! Sounds good...can't you plant trees now?

Patty

We're having hard freezes at night so I would hesitate to plant trees, but also I'm busy clearing woods and improving drainage. So I'm moving dirt around.

Actually this ended up being a great time of the year to move. If it had been spring or summer I couldn't have resisted going ahead and planting something. By moving in in late fall I have plenty of time to move dirt around, build large compost piles that have plenty of time to decompose. I'm also forced to wait to plant perennials which is good because I can spend more time planning where to put them.

One of my worst problems as a homesteader has always been that I wanted to do everything NOW.

[chewie]

congrats!! i think having some time to live with your new place is good, i know on ours, some ideas we were set on had to change, no matter how well thought out, sometimes things work better with plan B, and living iwth it for a time will give you time for that.

and, shame on you! you tell of this new place and have no pix to show??!! reallY?!!! *sly grin*

[kidsnchix]

just wanted to say hello, I live in Waldron, but Mena is a much prettier town. I shop there all the time and my daughter works at the hospital. Good luck with your place. We're currently renting a house in town but have 12 acres in the country.

[TxMex]

Originally Posted by chewie

congrats!! i think having some time to live with your new place is good, i know on ours, some ideas we were set on had to change, no matter how well thought out, sometimes things work better with plan B, and living iwth it for a time will give you time for that.

and, shame on you! you tell of this new place and have no pix to show??!! reallY?!!! *sly grin*

LOL....pics tomorrow. I just doubled the size of my compost pile today....definately need pics. Maybe one in the morning when it is cold and there is steam rising up out of the pile.

[Oldcountryboy]

I've been to Mena once about 10 years ago. I fell in love with those big hills in that area. You wouldn't happen to have a spare bedroom would ya!

[MOgal]

We must be kin. Within an hour of closing on a house, I was planting onions--it was early in the spring.

Congrats on your new place. DH is from Ft. Smith so we know you are in pretty country.

[TxMex]

Originally Posted by Oldcountryboy

I've been to Mena once about 10 years ago. I fell in love with those big hills in that area. You wouldn't happen to have a spare bedroom would ya!

I've got a tornado shelter, but it's roomy

[Old Vet]

The best time to plaint trees is when they are dormant. If you get them in pots and from a nursery or big box store they may not be dormant or if they are bare root during the winter. But those that are not dormant spring will be the best time.