Why I Oughta...

One of my ' early early' potential projects was to add a garden arch to the backyard.  That's because I was gifted a garden arch for Christmas.  It is still in the box, so I'm not totally sure what it looks like, but believe it to be a square one (non-arch) and it is made of wood.  Where could it go?  The first spot is obviously the fire pit entrance.  To help frame/create that as the 'entrance' to the fire pit .  Like this: But, I could also put it closer to the house.  Either off the boardwalk.  Or, as part of a 'hide-and-reveal' entrance off the patio?  If I did that....what would we do back by the firepit?   The answer is, of course easy:  Revisit the idea of building a moongate back there .   I suppose the installation of the arch certainly isn't permanent.  So, if I end up starting with it back there, it doesn't mean we can't build the moongate, right? 

Each year, I try to create a garden to-do list that forces me to prioritize what I work on and by publishing it here on the blog, creates a situation where I become accountable to delivering on the items in the list.  That final to-do list is based on a process where I think-thru (and write out) some priority projects in the Winter/Spring.  And, starting in 2024, I also created a draft version of some potential items that I called an "early look at potential projects" .  I did that same thing in 2025 with another 'early look' that ended up having 18 items in bullet-list format .  I think that almost every one of the eighteen ended up (in some form) on my final list, so the exercise was useful. That list last year was posted in March.   We're sitting here in the early days of January.  So, I'm going to call this one an "Early, Early" list.  And, I'll reserve the right to update this with an 'early list' later this Spring.   The easiest pla...