It’s about this time every year when I start to get really tired of gray days marching on without an end in sight. It’s only recently that I realized how much sunlight influences my moods and that knowledge has made a big difference, but still… enough winter already! Fortunately this is the time of year [...]
Finally! I had a mountain 300 cubic yards 3 cubic yards of compost delivered a while ago. I just tonight finished spreading it around in all the places I wanted. I learned a few things on this project: I’m not 23 any more. It takes a whole lotta trips with five gallon buckets to move [...]
Our home is about 40 years old, and although it was well maintained by the previous owner (new roof and heating/cooling system two years ago! Yeah!) many of the cosmetic elements were original to the home, or at least very dated. I’ve been slaving away inside for months now, but now that Spring is here, [...]
This week has been fun – we have finally been able to play in the dirt! I’ve loved gardening for a long time but in the six years since we took off for the other side of the world I have had no place to play in the dirt and houseplants have been a poor [...]
