That to-do list I was talking about...

It's January, so I have a lot of different to-do lists floating around on scrap pieces of paper. There's the "Grad School Application" list, the "Teaching Kindergarten" list, the "Re-arranging the Clams" list, the "Organize and Clean House" list, and so on...

This list is titled "The Yard"

- dig up, repair, and update almost all of the irrigation

- lasagna mulch where possible

a set up cold frame outside

a start seeds now (indoors and outdoors)

a prune fruitless mulberry trees and pine tree

a dig up and freecycle chitalpa trees

a plant fruit/nut trees in chicken run

- attempt to grow clover in chicken run

a plant sunflowers in as many places as possible

- finish turtle pond

- build an herb spiral

a build a pole bean tepee

- plant a three sister garden

a build raised beds around fruitless mulberry trees

areplant all desert plants into rock yard

a espalier grapes

- build a shade like structure over back porch for gourds to grow on

- repair shade structures for raised beds

aorganize shed so I can find my tools!

a get rid of oleanders and replace with something edible/useful

That's the beginning of it. :)