Feeding the wildlife (aka Gardening in the Bush)
Hobbies, a particularly relevant thing in the era of COVID-19..... I spend my time puttering about in a couple of gardens, which poke along with varying degrees of success. So what is this you may ask ???? We have 2 main areas where gardens have been attempted. The first was a raised bed type that we installed by the solar panels when they were located at the lake edge. The idea at that time was to plant raspberry bushes to soften the appearance of the panels if one was on the lake in a boat. Plus, who does not like raspberries ?? Our first step was to build the frame that would support the soil for the bed. This was straightforward as we had plenty of left-over used cedar from the cottage build. Next was to fill it with soil. For this we headed off to our local sand and gravel guy (no idea why we did that rather than go to a garden center, but I digress). I have never ...