For five years now, I’ve been referring to various areas of the yard (any longtime readers remember the “Pit of despair?”) but there is really no way for you to know where anything is in… [Continue Reading]
Archives for July 2014
A NEW BACK YARD GARDEN
The weather has just been lovely here the past few days. It is all I can do to tear myself away from the garden in the morning and go to work. Today I’m going… [Continue Reading]
HOW BLOG READERS SAVED ME FROM A WEEKEND OF PAINTING
The readers of this blog have saved my bacon (and at least part of my sanity) more than once, and I think you’ve all done it again. I am downright impetuous when it comes to… [Continue Reading]
PAINT SUCCESS! OR MAYBE NOT.
The only time I’ve hired a painter was when I didn’t have the equipment to do the job. The ceilings in the living room required serious scaffolding and the kitchen cabinets had to be professionally… [Continue Reading]
GETTING TOUGH WITH GARDEN UNDERPERFORMERS
One of the luxuries of having a large yard with lots of room to garden is that almost every plant can have a place in it somewhere. Even if you don’t particularly like a specific… [Continue Reading]