A month ago (really? a month already?) I posted about how much I hate chores. However, after a certain point, a dirty / messy house drives me nuts too. So today, to nurture my creativity, I used my time to wash bedding for us and the dogs, vacuum, clean the kitchen, pay bills, and do…
As my garden winds down for another season, I’ve been getting questions about what I’m doing with the herbs that are still in their pots. I enjoy the efforts of growing fresh herbs all winter long, either from freezing or drying. Preserving herbs for winter use starts early in the summer, as soon as the…
Lately the nights are cool and so are the early mornings. It’s been a welcomed relief from the record-breaking heat we’ve had this summer. Until I heard the geese overhead, honking as they flew in formation. And I thought, fall is coming. It’s been several things now. I first heard the geese several weeks ago,…
Henry David Thoreau observed that people will travel all over the world to see the sights, but don’t even know what’s in their own backyard. I don’t have that problem. In my post the other day, I shared the laughter of how a momma robin outsmarted me while trying to feed her babies and keep…
I’d love to try beekeeping, but our house is very close to multiple neighbors and I’m a bit leery of having a bee hive in my backyard. However, each year I’ve tried to make my yard as bee friendly as I can. The bees are fun (dog #1 loves them – it entertains him for…
In past years, I kept the basil cut way back to encourage it to keep growing. This year though, I let is just grow and grow so that it would bring bees into the garden. It’s gotten super big! It’s probably about four feet tall, and so heavy it’s bent way over, nearly touching nearly the…
