Good thing I-17 and Bell is pretty far from where I live, and Tempe? Forget about it! Sounds like a neat store~

I got into the truck and it read 29F and all I could think about was my newly planted garden, and did anything survive? I saw no frost, so the dew point was not reached, so here I sit at work just wondering and wishing I could be playing in the dirt instead!

Twenty-nine degrees?! What's your elevation again? Crossing my fingers for you.

I'm at 5300'

I think that's about where I want to be! Yes, you have frost and freeze but I have unbearable (at least for me) summer. Sick, sick, sick of the heat...

I am happy to admit I live in paradise!

Ohhhhh K; move over! Seriously, we need to get outta here, but because the MOTH wants to get into the nursing program in Prescott, we've been thinking that's the next stop. However, since he can't start right away, we could look elsewhere.

Check us out here in Cochise County....Sierra Vista/Hereford is great at 4500 '...but I have to admit..Sonoita is a pretty area...but a long drive to shopping. Jo

I go through the Sonoita area regularly and I'm always impressed. I was thinking that it would be a nice place to retire but after checking land prices ($$$$) I had to scratch it from the list.

I have been using cocoa bean hulls for over a decade .
If you put it down to a level of two to three inches it works very well for weed control and is fantastic for keeping the soil moist.
It greatly encourages good soil critters to improve your soil.
It is right now the cheapest and most beneficial commercial mulch out there. It has a fertilizer value of 2.5-1-3.
If you have a dog you should be careful as fresh hulls could cause problems if your dog is the type would ingest anything on the ground.
It does not bother cats as I have cats and cats are not attracted to it.

I used to use Eucalyptus mulch as it was also fantastic for keeping soil most and would not float away in heavy rain, while also working well for getting rid of some insects such as carpenter ants.
Sadly it has become hard to find and gotten horribly expensive up here.
I once had a change to buy seven pallet loads for fifty cents a bag but as I had little room for the pallet I bought, I foolishly declined.
The whole sale seller offered it to me at that prices as no one else was buying.

@rtl850nomore Hello, I am 3 weeks new to this sight and have been jumping in once in awhile, I have 3 barrels sitting on the side of my home, they were given to me. I plan to make 1 into a rain barrel and was thinking compost for the other two...I love your tumbler and will show my husband and I am sure he will build it for me, thanks for sharing!

I have been very impressed with this sight, it feels like the old one...nice and warm.

I bought a brick of coconut coir but have not taken the time to figure out how to use it, I just thought anything that conserves water was a great idea. Has anyone here used this product and do you have to work it into the soil or can it be used on top like compost?

I am not looking forward to Sunday and Monday and worrying about my pets and plants!

I'm lucky to live where I can get compost/mulch with some horse contributions, mixed with bark and peat, and aged enough to smell good. The local supplier is Wilby's (note to self.) I put down about two inches per year. It's kind of expensive but it does feed the soil, making for lots of very happy earthworms.

I received coconut coir bricks with an order of apple trees. These bricks need to be soaked in water for about 30 minutes, and because they float, they need to be turned and chopped once or twice while soaking. It's probably a good way of getting moisture-retentive material into a planting hole, since you can dig the hole, fill with water, and soak the brick in it.

Not sure how to use bricks to mulch a large area. All the forms of coir I've encountered have been compressed, so soaking is required. I bet one could toss an occasional brick into a (largish) composter to bulk things up; not sure if one would need to add water at the same time; I suppose it might depend on how wet the compost is.