So nice to be getting the garden ready for next year. Now we have passed the solstice. The days will begin to lengthen. There are cold days...
Thank you @Tetters, so nice of you. These higher raised beds are a nod to my declining talents, or at least declining endurance, agility, and...
Very nice! I've been binge-watching "The Great British Baking Show". I have never heard of marzipan or royal icing until watching that series....
Your decoration is very nice!
Those look delicious.
@Logan, are pot marigolds Calendulas? Do they have the same insect repelling / insect toxicity as Tagetes marigolds? Here was today's project....
Those are interesting. If humans disappeared from the earth, the trees and other life would soon engulf the remains of our civilization.
Dogs are my favorite people :)
Nice to see those overwintering peppers. I was going to try that this year, but time got away from me. I think the soap spray sounds good but...
Thank you for the nice comments. I learned to sew very young. Not as young as gardening, but we were taught that all of those skills were worth...
A neighbor brought over a truckload of Sweetgum leaves. That got me outside. I love the botanical name for Sweetgum: Liquidamber. I forgot a...
I made a nine day supply of dog food. The recipe is basically 5 pounds of chicken thighs, one pound each of green beans, carrots, squash cubes,...
Looks like there are ten plants in a small container. Maybe they need to be separated and repotted in fresh potting soil.
How frustrating. I cant type the word I'm thinking of calling those varmints. Some people are just jerks Part of my garden has a 7 foot tall...
Rufus likes to walk in the rain. His wool takes a long time to dry, and can become musty. I do try to cut it short, but then he feels cold....
My family had gardens for all of the generations that I knew about, back into the 1880s at least. When I was around five years old, they had me...
Raining here with snow predicted. Plus I've been a bit under the weather. A hen died of unknown causes, I suspect an impacted egg. I buried her...
@Dirtmechanic, I never thought of that! I have used the self cleaning function to strip cast iron skillets down to bare metal, then season them...
All I can say is ow ow ow ow! I did once cut off the end of my thumb while slicing a bagel. It was sewed back on and after about three years,...
Here are a couple of smaller quilts I made this year and last year. [ATTACH] This is a table top quilt I made this fall. [ATTACH] And a quilt...
