Even though I firmly believe in growing some of your own food, and our family does that with our extensive gardens, when we can’t grow it ourselves the next best thing is to support the local farmers who grow it for us! One of my favorite Saturday pass-times is to visit the local farmers’ market …
The 40 Bags in 40 Days Combat Clutter Challenge is almost over. If you have been following along since the beginning, we have tackled just about every room in our home, as well as the outdoors. Today, I want you to set the timer for 10 minutes and tidy all flat surfaces. Go room to …
Setting Up Your Square Foot Beds The whole idea behind Square Foot Gardening (SFG) is to grow more in less space. This saves you time, money, and resources while producing an abundance of produce! The traditional square foot gardening bed is a 4’x4′ square, but you can apply this technique to any raised garden beds. I have …
With the nice weather comes the desire to be outdoors, and then you start looking around … sticks and pinecones all over the yard, leaves that fell after the last time you raked, garden beds to be cleaned out, trees to be pruned, even the lawn needs to be mowed right about now! We are …
Day 35: Garage When we were looking at houses 10 years ago, there were four things that my husband and I would not compromise on. No homeowners’ association Had to have natural gas to the house so that I could eventually have a gas range (we switched from electric to gas cooking 3 years ago) …
