What I’ve Been Doing
My water bill will probably be a little high, because it is hard to dig in this rock hard sun baked AZ ground if it isn’t soaked! I have been digging a well (sunken in area) around my trees.
Some of my compost was ready to use so I moved it over to the Aloe Vera bed. I have huge clumps of Aloe Vera, so I am separating them so they will have room to grow. In the fall I would like to go to farmer’s markets and let the girls sell them in homemade pots made from recycled material. They grow and reproduce so very fast!
I have the homemade evap cooler working well enough to keep the room cool enough to work in. This saves electricity.
A friend gave me some railroad ties, so have them in the backyard near the fence.
I still can’t get over how good clothes smell off the line. They sure dry fast right now. We have been keeping up on using the clothes line. I didn’t do my son’s load this week because my overnight at work was rough and I was exhausted.
I researched on some homemade solar ovens. I think it’ll be fun to make one with the girls. I want to take advantage of the intense summer heat for cooking. I’ll need to cook things that I don’t have to stand and watch over because I will end up cooked if in the sun too long! (I guess the aloe vera will come in handy!)