A big THANK YOU to everyone who has sent in their photographs and stories. I hope by sharing other peoples pictures and stories here on One Hundred Dollars a Month we can all have a rock star garden this summer. Keep them coming!
~Mavis
Check out reader Ginger’s fun little piece of land!
Hey Mavis ~
Thought I’d send you some pics from my little place in the country.
The sweltering heat has taken it’s toll on what the little garden is producing, but thought I’d share pics of my “girls” & fruit trees. My peach tree is producing many small peaches. 
This is the first year for the thorn-less black berries & they have been delicious!
My granddaughters, Kylie & Abby (both aged 6) love the chickens, and thought up wonderful names for each of them, photo shows them holding Goldie, but others are named Rainbow SnoCone, Nemo, Lulu Snowflake, Golden Mustache, Ringer & Lemon Drop.
My chickens include brown egg layers & Easter eggers. They love to hang out on the deck of my vintage travel trailer that I am renovating. The laying box was a piece that had belonged to my mother.
The custom art work of Abby’s hangs across from Grandma’s laying box to inspire good egg production, an idea that came from Vicky, on your blog back in Feb. I just LOVE it! 
A cast iron urinal, reclaimed from military barracks destroyed during Hurricane Camille in the late sixties makes a perfect water trough. Carpenter bees are a real problem here. You can see two homemade bee traps hanging beside the hen house. 
An antique bathtub is the home for my fish & various water plants.
I enjoy your blog & I hope you enjoy these pics.
Ginger
Saucier, MS
If you would like to have your garden, chicken coop or something you’ve made featured on One Hundred Dollars a Month, here’s what I’m looking for:
- Your Garden Pictures and Tips – I’d especially like to see your garden set ups, growing areas, and know if you are starting seeds indoors this year. If so, show me some picture of how you are going about it.
- Your Chicken and Chicken Related Stories – Coops, Chicks, Hen’s, Roosters, Eggs, you name it. If it clucks, send us some pictures to share with the world.
- Cool Arts & Crafts – Made from your very own hands with detailed {and well photographed} pictures and instructions.
- Your pictures and stories about your pets. The more pictures and details the better.
- Garage Sale, Thrift Store and Dumpster Diving pictures and the stories behind the treasures you found including how much you paid for them.
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Peggy Stenglein says
Nice little patch of land! I love it!
Michelle says
Love the pictures! I’m in Gulfport, MS (Orange Grove area) not too far from you.
Dale says
Great Pictures, Love the chicken house! I especially love your water garden. Great use of an old tub. Reminds me of living on my parent’s farm.
susan says
Love these pics!
Beth says
To get rid of the bees, fill large pan or basin with water and at night hang a light above it, 4 feet above is fine. The bees will hit the light or dive at the reflection. I don’t know why this works but the next morning you find hundreds in the water – dead.