Mulch!
Saturday, May 16th, 2009 
On Tuesday I headed to the landfill near the airport to take advantage of one of my favorite things: free mulch!
Luckily, I have a vehicle that I am not very attached to so shoveling several yards of mulch into the back didn’t present much of a problem for me.
I took a fairly large dent out of the pile, but, trust me, there’s plenty more still there.
I used half the mulch I brought home in the garden, and the other half I am using to fill in the rudimentary French drains I dug under my gutters where the rain overflows and collects next to the house. Having pools of water so close to the house causes all sorts of problems. I’m also hoping to plant a bush in the hole next to the trench I dug so it can soak up all that excess water.
Initially, the trench worked perfectly as all the rainwater from the roof flowed into the trench and away from the house.
But, alas, when it rains in Texas, it rains hard, and the trench quickly filled up and started overflowing, which means it’s back to digging for me.