Our raised bed garden was so productive we have more green peppers and eggplants than we can eat! Since there are so many delicious recipes for these vegetables, I’ve decided to dehydrate them and use them in the future. So, I’m preparing our excess green peppers and eggplants to go into the dehydrator. Weeks or months […]
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Set Up Raised Beds to Grow Your Own Vegetables
There’s nothing like the feeling of picking fresh veggies right off the plants in your own garden. We recently harvested peppers, eggplant, and tomatoes, with zucchini coming soon. Earlier this spring, we bought cedar ready-to-assemble raised beds that were a breeze to put together. We already had most of the natural materials needed to fill […]
How To Prune Lavender, and When
SPRING 2022 UPDATE: I’m pruning the lavender I planted as 6 inch tall babies. I didn’t prune last fall (2021) since they were still young and healthy. However, this spring, our year and a half old lavender plants will get a healthy pruning of approximately 2/3 of their growth, leaving 1/3 of the healthy lavender […]
Water Damaged Wood Floors From Refrigerator Water Line Leak
I recently noticed an area of our warm-toned Hickory floor was turning shades of cold, ugly gray. Since this new coloration followed the natural shape of the wood grain, it wasn’t immediately noticeable. With flashlight in hand (and my head down at floor level) I could see discoloration and warping of the wood beneath the […]
The Easy Way To Make Compost!
During fall season last year, I raked, shredded and added lots of leaves to our brand new, homemade, compost bin. During spring, summer, and early fall of this year, we added fresh cut grass clippings after each mowing. Unfortunately, the compost pile did not get the timely turning that it should have. Truthfully, after a few […]
A Customized Drain Fixed Our Soggy Yard!
Are you tired of a soggy yard problem that will not go away? Well, we felt that way about our mushy yard after a good rain. The obvious landscaping recommendation to our inquiry was to “add fill dirt.” And, it did help a bit to direct some water to either side of the house. However, […]