I have been out in my garden a lot lately. It is spring--though winter is not officially over until the blackberries bloom here. Old timers here...
Coconut and date palms (not tropical here!), lemon trees (same, but no room indoors either)... Cashews and black mission figs would be nice....
I tried to quote whoever said wisteria. I have wisteria vines. Some specimens elsewhere are lovely. Mine, not so much. Mine are very invasive...
@Pacnorwest Those awning frames and covers you redid saved a ton of $$$$$$ though. I am sure they look great. I used to have a lot of trees for...
@Daniel W, your planter boxes look great. Have you tried kuglekultur? [not sure if spelled correctly], but it would put some logs and brush to...
I guess that would be more properly junk as opposed to junque... I guess it was yesterday, but I worked on fixing some old doors from the old...
Thank you everyone for the lovely birthday wishes. I hope all of you have lovely birthdays too.
I have not yet made any jelly from dandelion flowers. I had just seen the recipe about the same day as this was posted. I want to collect flowers...
We have thrift stores here, and also the Habitat Restore is another thrift store. You never know what you will find there. I like to go there,...
I read someplace where dandelions used to be grown for food in the 1800s.
I don't eat them, but my Mother used to. They are very healthy, and good medicine too. I got a recipe for dandelion flower jelly yesterday....
Do you keep stashes of fabrics and stuff for future projects in your head? I have a huge amount of fabrics in plastic bins. I used to have them in...
Pacnorwest, you already have a good foundation for learning to sew! You do not have to complete a project in one or two sittings. Sew a bit, and...
@melody Mc, I read your post about herbicides possibly in the manure for these cowpots. Some of it was a bit difficult because I am not a farmer....
I thought you meant the flowering alliums. I planted bulbs for the purple ones about 2 years ago. The blooms are lovely, and they are up and going...
I did not yet get to planting any seeds. I was able to get some new garden dirt/soil for my raised beds. Hopefully, I can get some cold weather...
[MEDIA] A friend shared this on another forum, and I thought you never know if you might need to know this.
DS is home from trucking this week and got the big limbs cut up. I just have the firewood to haul, and the debris to clean up, but it is doable...
[MEDIA] Here is the video I found with these. He has a link where to get them.
[ATTACH] These are the totes I got for my chickens nest boxes. No tools required.
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