It's June and the daffodils are done but the late spring flowers are on. Here's a sampling of what's going on out in my flower gardens right now. They're starting to look pretty good now that all the seedlings are finally in the ground and it's … [Continue reading] about What’s blooming today?
I've been wanting vertical structures for the vegetable garden for a long time and it's just never happened, so today we were out weeding and planting some more veggies and I mentioned that Scott should lash together a structure for the cucumbers … [Continue reading] about Vertical garden structure-hooray!
I have a long-standing goal of reading all the Newbery award winners. This began when I was young and was renewed when Brian was in elementary school and decided to take up the challenge. I read along with him then, but as he grew older and moved … [Continue reading] about O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
I've had some questions about my process for growing seedlings, so here's the scoop. I germinate them in Jiffy pellets which I put in trays with clear plastic domes. I place these under basic shop lights and fluorescent lights bought at the big box … [Continue reading] about Seedling bragging
In general car shopping is not our favorite thing. Root canals aren't far behind. Sue and I set out and our car shopping day didn't start out so well. Our travels took us to Karl Malone Toyota where we were helped by a nice salesman who was … [Continue reading] about Wherein we meet Karl Malone