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 relation to anything else. A blog friend (and regular reader) mentioned a few weeks ago that it was nice to […]
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 to share with you the new garden area in the back / side yard. Despite this being one of our […]
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 some things, and paint colors are a big trigger for me. A couple years ago I painted my front door […]
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 sprayed. In the case of the garage, the only thing I was missing was time. I could have scraped that […]
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 plant, you can usually find an out of the way corner that needs a few plants. As far as I […]
