oh wow.. must be tough moving around like that

Bless your heart. All you can do is hope for the best...

Yep! It is so neat to live in different places and yet; I really miss the gardens that I had in Missouri. The climate isn't that bad there: winter isn't too long and summer comes without the humidity that melts me. All in all, I really like the Ozarks

I keep thinking about doing the hose guide... First pounding rebar deep in the ground so that it is strong enough to resist a hundred feet of hose, then slipping the pipe over it and mosaicing the upper parts that the hose wont touch and them topping it off with a solar path light...hmm, they just keep getting prettier an prettier in my lil' ol' head

It is also very beautiful in the Ozarks. Southern Missouri is great..

Sounds like your on to something Junebug! Hope you find yourself a place to call home that you like soon.

Great idea, a hose-catcher. Now I don't have to saw the hose on the base of that bush when I drag.

>> You can sink rebar and add this over it. The hose or electrical cord won't grab it ...it will spin.

Even better!

>> cursing step

I'm pretty wobbly on my feet, and I thought "sink it deeper, make it taller, and push an old tennis ball over the top. Now it's like a permanent cane that I can grab to steady myself wherever the footing is bad and I sometimes almost fall down.

Use make a raised-and-sunken Compost Tea Pipe:

Use really big PVC, like 3-4 inches around and 2.5 to 3 feet tall.

Drill many holes, 1/4" to 1/2", in the bottom 12" to 16".
Maybe put a cap on the bottom, with a small hole, to divert most water out the shallower holes.
Bury that end 16" to 20" deep (the holes should start 4" underground)
Fill it with unfinished compost or manure plus leaves, paper and scraps.
Put a loose-fittting cap on top to keep flies out but let air in.

When you water nearby, also fill the the pipe with water, so that it trickles through the compost,
making compost tea as it waters the roots deeply.